Thermal annealing behaviour and gel to crystal transition of a low molecular weight hydrogelator
dc.contributor.author | Barker, Emily | |
dc.contributor.author | Martin, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Garvey, C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Goh, Ching | |
dc.contributor.author | Jones, Franca | |
dc.contributor.author | Mocerino, Mauro | |
dc.contributor.author | Skelton, B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ogden, Mark | |
dc.contributor.author | Becker, Thomas | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-17T08:28:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-17T08:28:49Z | |
dc.date.created | 2017-02-19T19:31:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Barker, E. and Martin, A. and Garvey, C. and Goh, C. and Jones, F. and Mocerino, M. and Skelton, B. et al. 2017. Thermal annealing behaviour and gel to crystal transition of a low molecular weight hydrogelator. Soft Matter. 13 (5): pp. 1006-1011. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50852 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1039/c6sm02431a | |
dc.description.abstract |
The thermal annealing behaviour of an electrolyte-triggered calixarene hydrogelator is found to depend strongly on the specific metal chloride used. While the lithium chloride gel showed typical gel-sol transitions as a function of temperature, the magnesium chloride gel was found to repeatedly strengthen with heat-cool cycles. Structural investigations using small-angle neutron scattering, and scanning probe microscopy, suggest that the annealing behaviour is associated with a change in morphology of the fibrous structures supporting the gel. On prolonged standing at room temperature, the magnesium chloride gel underwent a gel-crystal transition, with the collapsing gel accompanied by the deposition of crystals of a magnesium complex of the proline-functionalised calix[4]arene gelator. | |
dc.publisher | RSC Publishing | |
dc.title | Thermal annealing behaviour and gel to crystal transition of a low molecular weight hydrogelator | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 13 | |
dcterms.source.number | 5 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 1006 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 1011 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 1744-683X | |
dcterms.source.title | Soft Matter | |
curtin.department | Nanochemistry Research Institute | |
curtin.accessStatus | Open access |