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DrThomasMacdonald

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry

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@article{Peveler:2018:10.1039/c8sm01682h,
author = {Peveler, WJ and Packman, H and Alexander, S and Chauhan, RR and Hayes, LM and Macdonald, TJ and Cockcroft, JK and Rogers, S and Aarts, DGAL and Carmalt, CJ and Parkin, IP and Bear, JC},
doi = {10.1039/c8sm01682h},
journal = {Soft Matter},
pages = {8821--8827},
title = {A new family of urea-based low molecular-weight organogelators for environmental remediation: the influence of structure},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8sm01682h},
volume = {14},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Gelation processes grant access to a wealth of soft materials with tailorable properties, in applications as diverse as environmental remediation, biomedicine and electronics. Several classes of self-assembling gelators have been studied and employ non-covalent bonds to direct assembly, but recently attention has come to focus on how the overall shape of the gelator molecule impacts its gelation. Here we study a new sub-family of low molecular weight organogelators and explore how steric rearrangement influences their gelation. The gels produced are characterised with X-ray diffraction and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) to probe their ex situ and in situ gelation mechanisms. The best examples were then tested for environmental remediation applications, gelling petrol and oils in the presence of water and salts.
AU  - Peveler,WJ
AU  - Packman,H
AU  - Alexander,S
AU  - Chauhan,RR
AU  - Hayes,LM
AU  - Macdonald,TJ
AU  - Cockcroft,JK
AU  - Rogers,S
AU  - Aarts,DGAL
AU  - Carmalt,CJ
AU  - Parkin,IP
AU  - Bear,JC
DO  - 10.1039/c8sm01682h
EP  - 8827
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 1744-683X
SP  - 8821
TI  - A new family of urea-based low molecular-weight organogelators for environmental remediation: the influence of structure
T2  - Soft Matter
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8sm01682h
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000449703800015&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/SM/C8SM01682H#!divAbstract
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/78600
VL  - 14
ER  -
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