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Keywords: bileacidderivedamines; organogelator and hydrogelator; protonation and deprotonation induced gelation; SEM and POM; thermal stability; Introduction
Low molecular mass organo- and hydrogelators (LMOG) have attracted considerable attention in recent years due to their tunable physical
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Gelators 1 and 2.
General method of synthesis of bileacidderivedamines 1 and 2.
Gelation behaviour of 1 and 2a.
Acknowledgements
We thank the department of Science & Technology, New Delhi for financial assistance (J. C. Bose Fellowship to UM). AC thanks the