title: Nucleobase-containing gelators.
abstract: Nucleobases are nitrogenous heterocyclic compounds and have high ability to form directionally controlled multiple intermolecular interaction, i.e., in-plane multiple hydrogen-bonding interactions and stacking interactions perpendicular to the plane. Here the recent development of nucleobase-containing low molecular mass gelators in aqueous and organic systems is reviewed, and the self-assemblies of nucleobase-containing small molecules and their arrangement within the gel are discussed from the molecular, and mesoscopic to the macroscopic level in regard to becoming a macroscale three-dimensional network. Brief overview of the nucleoside-containing supramolecular materials are also presented.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, 153-8505, Tokyo, Japan, araki@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa