Supramolecular fibrous gels with helical pitch tunable by polarity of alcohol solvents

Soft Matter. 2021 Feb 21;17(7):1773-1778. doi: 10.1039/d0sm02136a. Epub 2021 Jan 4.

Abstract

A sugar-based, low-molecular-weight gelator 16AG, can gelatinize primary alcohols by forming supramolecular fibers. We obtained non-helical, tape-like fibers in methanol and ethanol but helical fibers in alcohols with at least three carbons. The pitch of the helical fibers became shorter with increasing carbon number.