Supramolecular Fibers in Gels Can Be at Thermodynamic Equilibrium: A Simple Packing Model Reveals Preferential Fibril Formation versus Crystallization

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 2661-2668

  Ramos Sasselli, Ivan ^a   Halling, Peter J ^a   Ulijn, Rein V ^a,b   Tuttle, Tell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

amphiphiles; gel; low molecular weight gelators; model; packing; self assembly; soft matter; thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILES; FIBERS; FREE ENERGY; GELATION; GELS; MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFIBERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PACKING; PRISMS; SOLVENTS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

GELATORS; INTERACTION PARAMETERS; NANOSTRUCTURE SURFACE; SELF ASSEMBLING MOLECULES; SOFT MATTER; THEORETICAL TREATMENTS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; WIDE-RANGING APPLICATIONS;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84960171981     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b07690     Document Type: Article

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