Organogel formation rationalized by Hansen solubility parameters: improved methodology

Soft Matter. 2018 Jun 13;14(23):4805-4809. doi: 10.1039/c8sm00562a.

Abstract

An organogel is obtained when a low molar mass compound forms a network of anisotropic fibres in a liquid that is therefore transformed into a macroscopic solid. Various approaches have been proposed to correlate organogel formation and Hansen solubility parameters. These approaches are well adapted to specific experimental datasets but lack universality. A general method to determine the gelation domain from the solubility data of low molecular weight gelators is here reported.