We can design molecular gelators, but do we understand them?
The recent application of supramolecular principles to the design of molecular gelators has led to an enormous variety of new gelators and functional gels but has contributed relatively little to the understanding of molecular gelation phenomena. How do we progress from here?
van Esch
Jan H
JH
Self Assembling Systems, Delft ChemTech, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 136, 2628BL Delft, The Netherlands.