Metastable two-component gel-exploring the gel-crystal interface.
This paper reports a two-component system in which molecular recognition rapidly leads to the formation of a homogeneous fibrillar gel that, over a period of hours, aggregates via fibre-fibre interactions to yield microcrystals--providing insight into the relationship between nanoscale gels and microscale crystals.
Moffat
Jamie R
JR
Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, UK YO10 5DD.
Smith
David K
DK