@article{a2fe746833de4f20935e4386c18254e8,
title = "Freestanding organogels by molecular velcro of unsaturated amphiphiles",
abstract = "A simple amphiphile, N-cardanyltaurine amide (NCT) with different degrees of cis-unsaturation in its tail resulted in the formation of strong organogels. Interestingly, this is in contrast to the commonly accepted notion that introducing unsaturation in alkyl chains enhances fluidity in lipid assemblies. The physico-chemical and first-principles DFT calculations confirmed the pegging of 'kinked' unsaturated side chains, where the hydrophobic interlocking as in Velcro fasteners leads to a network of cylindrical micelles, resulting in self-standing organogels. Textural profile analysis and spectroscopic details substantiated the dynamic assembly to resemble a 3D network of gelators rather than being a cross-linked or polymerized matrix of monomers.",
author = "Balachandran, {Vijai Shankar} and Divya, {Kizhmuri P.} and Malick Samateh and Sagiri, {Sai S.} and Sitakanta Satapathy and Padmanava Pradhan and Raghavan, {Srinivasa R.} and Leela Rakesh and Sellers, {Michael S.} and Karna, {Shashi P.} and George John",
note = "Funding Information: This work was in part funded by the following grants to G. J.: CBET-1512458 from the National Science Foundation (NSF), and GRANT2015-38422-24067 from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). One of the authors would like to express her special appreciation and thanks to Scinomics-Maps for their support of the software and advice throughout this project. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 The Royal Society of Chemistry.",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.1039/c9sm00378a",
language = "English",
volume = "15",
pages = "6263--6268",
journal = "Soft Matter",
issn = "1744-683X",
publisher = "SOFT MATTER",
number = "31",
}