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Improved mechanical properties of alkylamide organogels via a mixing enhancement effect†

Yutaka Ohsedo,*a   Hisayuki Watanabe,ab   Masashi Oonob  and  Akihiro Tanakab  

* Corresponding authors

a Advanced Materials Research Laboratory, Collaborative Research Division, Art, Science and Technology Center for Cooperative Research, Kyushu University 4-1 Kyudaishinmachi, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0388, Japan
E-mail: ohsedo@astec.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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Tel: (+81) 92-400-4381

b Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd., 2-10-1 Tsuboinishi, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8507, Japan

Abstract

Mixtures of alkylamide derivatives with different alkyl chains were found to form organogels which exhibit thixotropic properties, while single alkylamide components formed organogels which did not exhibit such properties. With a three-component alkylamide system, the transparency and mechanical properties (toughness and stimulus-responsiveness) of the resulting organogels were enhanced. This mixing enhancement for organogelators may be due to the improved network density compared with that of the one-component systems.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3RA23488F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Dec 2012
Accepted
20 Feb 2013
First published
21 Feb 2013

RSC Adv., 2013,3, 5803-5806

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Improved mechanical properties of alkylamide organogels via a mixing enhancement effect

Y. Ohsedo, H. Watanabe, M. Oono and A. Tanaka, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 5803 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA23488F

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