Simple esters of cholic acid as potent organogelators: direct imaging of the collapse of SAFINs

Nonappa, * and Maitra, Uday (2007) Simple esters of cholic acid as potent organogelators: direct imaging of the collapse of SAFINs. In: Soft Matter (3). pp. 1428-1433.

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Abstract

Unusual gelation of a number of organic solvents by allyl cholate and other simple esters of cholic acid is reported. These gels were characterized by SEM, AFM, polarizing optical microscopy (POM), X-ray powder diffraction and other techniques. Electron micrographs of the xerogels revealed the presence of highly entangled 3D fibrillar networks. Direct imaging of the collapse of SAFINs and their thermal stability were performed using variable temperature polarizing optical microscopy (POM).

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Soft Matter
Publisher:	The Royal Society of Chemistry
Additional Information:	Copyright of the article belongs to The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Organic Chemistry
Date Deposited:	21 Jul 2008
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:47
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/15132

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