title: Aligning self-assembled gelators by drying under shear.
abstract: We show how drying under shear can be used to prepare aligned fibres and worm-like micelles from low molecular weight gelators. Shearing followed by drying leads to the dealignment before the water can be removed; continuous shear whilst drying is required to maintain the alignment. Combining a slow pH change with continuous shear allows alignment of the gelling fibres, which can then be dried.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK. d.j.adams@liverpool.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Emily R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Draper
authors.forename: Oleksandr O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Mykhaylyk
authors.forename: Dave J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Adams