Chemistry Letters, Vol.42, No.4, 363-365, 2013
Mixing Enhancement Effect of Low-molecular-weight Organogelators for Thixotropic Organogel Creation
In this study, we found that organogels composed of mixed alkylhydrazide derivatives with different alkyl chains as low-molecular-weight organogelators showed thixotropic properties, whereas organogels composed of a single alkylhydrazide component did not show such properties. With a two- or three-component system of alkylhydrazides, the transparency and mechanical properties of the resulting organogels were enhanced. This mixing enhancement for organogelators might be due to an improved network of closer and finer fibers compared to that in a one-component system.