The poor solubility of ureidopyrimidone can be used to form gels of low molecular weight N-alkyl urea oligomers in organic solvents

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 477-484

  Chen, Xiaoping ^a   Fei, Pengzhan ^b   Cavicchi, Kevin A ^b   Yang, Wenwen ^a   Ayres, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Organogel; Rheology; Ureidopyrimidone

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELASTICITY; GELATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UREA;

GEL STRUCTURES; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANOGELATORS; ORGANOGELS; POOR SOLUBILITIES; POROUS STRUCTURES; SYNTHESIS STRATEGY; UREIDOPYRIMIDONE;

GELS;

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANISOLE; CHLOROFORM; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HEXANE; OLIGOMER; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PYRIDINE; PYRIMIDINONE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; TOLUENE; UREA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; FLOW KINETICS; GEL; GELATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84895862425     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-013-3087-6     Document Type: Article

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