Pathway complexity in fibre assembly: from liquid crystals to hyper-helical gelmorphs.
(2023)
Journal Article
Contreras-Montoya, R., Smith, J. P., Boothroyd, S. C., Aguilar, J. A., Mirzamani, M., Screen, M. A., …He, L. (2023). Pathway complexity in fibre assembly: from liquid crystals to hyper-helical gelmorphs. Chemical Science, 14(41), 11389-11401. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3sc03841f
Pathway complexity results in unique materials from the same components according to the assembly conditions. Here a chiral acyl-semicarbazide gelator forms three different gels of contrasting fibre morphology (termed 'gelmorphs') as well as lyotropi... Read More about Pathway complexity in fibre assembly: from liquid crystals to hyper-helical gelmorphs..