title: Towards a fragment-based approach in gelator design: halogen effects leading to thixotropic, mouldable and self-healing systems in aryl-triazolyl amino acid-based gelators!
abstract: A simple replacement of a H atom by Br transformed non-gelating aryl triazolyl amino acid benzyl ester into a versatile gelator, which formed shape-persistent, self-healing and mouldable gels. The 'bromo-aryl benzyl ester' fragment was then transplanted into another framework, which resulted in similar solvent preference and gelation efficiency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India. mkm@iitm.ac.in.
authors.forename: Bhartendu K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: Muraleedharan K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Manheri