A family of self-assembled gelators based on a symmetrical pyromellitamide core molecule have been studied by microscopy and small-angle scattering, to gain a better understanding of the kinetics and stability of these gels as potential biomaterials. While the persistence length of the gel fibres gradually increases over a number of days, the morphology of the gel network transitions from a honeycomb-like structure to smaller, more ordered fibres before entangling to form large helical fibres with evenly distributed chirality.

Structural evolution in self-assembled gels

244th National Meeting (2012)

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