Self-assembly of 2,3-dihydroxycholestane steroids into supramolecular organogels as a soft template for the in-situ generation of silicate nanomaterials

• Valeria C. Edelsztein,
• Andrea S. Mac Cormack,
• Matías Ciarlantini and
• Pablo H. Di Chenna

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1826–1836, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.213

• between the anionic silicate intermediate species and the self-assembled fibrillar network. Keywords: Hansen parameters; nanotube; organogel; self-assembly; supramolecular gel; Introduction Low molecular mass organogelators (LMOGs) have received increasing attention during the last two decades because