title: Loofah-like gel network formed by the self-assembly of a 3D radially symmetrical organic-inorganic hybrid gelator.
abstract: We report a unique loofah-like gel network that is supported by the sectional type hexagonal columnar assembly of flexuous furcate fibers, which are constructed by plane-to-plane stacking of a novel 3D radially symmetrical gelator with POSS as the core and L-lysine as the arm.
authors.affiliation: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, 18 Chaowang Road, Hangzhou, China. wangxu@zjut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Guodong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Si
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Xiaopeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang