Insights into the mechanical properties of a silicone oil gel with a ‘latent’ gelator, 1-octadecylamine, and CO₂ as an ‘activator’

• Emiliano Carretti,
• Mathew George and
• Richard G. Weiss

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 984–991, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.111

• mechanical measurements is used to characterize the gel networks and how they respond to temperature and strain. It is shown, for example, that very precise measurements of the gel-to-sol transitions can be obtained from plots of viscosity versus temperature. Keywords: ammonium carbamate; damping factor