title: Soft optical devices from self-healing gels formed by oil and sugar-based organogelators.
abstract: Sweet and low: two sugar-based supergelators can congeal oils to produce highly transparent gels with glass-like refractive indices showing low UV transmittance and high visible transmittance and remarkable self-healing properties. This unique blend of properties can be exploited to make soft optical devices from these gels.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Education, and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, KERALA, India.
authors.forename: Adiyala
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vidyasagar
authors.forename: Kishor
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Handore
authors.forename: Kana M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Sureshan
mesh_terms: D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D005782:Gels / Q000737:chemistry*; D009821:Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D055096:Optical Devices; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D005782:Gels; D009821:Oils; D012997:Solvents