Probing self-sorted networks using deuterated gelators
Low molecular weight gelators self-assemble in solution to give nanofibres. These entangle to form the gel networks. Normally, a single gelator is used, but there are real opportunities when multicomponent systems are used. In these cases, a mixture of gelators is used, all of which can individually assemble. However, in the multicomponent gel networks, either mixing occurs, so that each fibre contains more than one gelator, or self-sorting occurs, where each fibre contains only one gelator. Understanding the networks formed these cases is very difficult as they look the same by microscopy, and the scattering is an average of all of the fibres. One way around this is to use a mixture of a deuterated gelator and a non-deuterated gelator. In the gel phase, only the non-deuterated gelator should scatter and hence the network from this gelator only can be determined. This is the approach we will take here.
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ADAMS Dave; Emily R. Draper and SCHWEINS Ralf. (2020). Probing self-sorted networks using deuterated gelators. Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) doi:10.5291/ILL-DATA.9-11-1964
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