Gel-Based Materials: Preparations and Characterization (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Gels (ISSN 2310-2861). This special issue belongs to the section "Gel Analysis and Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 November 2024 | Viewed by 19232
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hydrogels; low-molecular-weight gels; supramolecular gels; self-assembly; surfactants
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Interests: hydrogels; low-molecular-weight gels; self-assembly; surfactants; emulsion; TDDS
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are grateful to all the authors, reviewers, and readers for their responses to the first edition of “Gel-Based Materials: Preparations and Characterization”. You can access these articles for free via the link: Gel-Based Materials: Preparations and Characterization
Gel-based materials have important applications in our daily lives. Conventionally, they have been widely used in cosmetics, foods, and paints. However, recently, they have been used in a broader range of fields such as energy, the environment, and medicine, partly due to the development of low-molecular-weight gelators that utilize molecular self-assembly and commonly used polymer gelators. This increase in gelation methods is likely because gel-based materials are much easier to control based on their rheological properties. Hence, remarkable progress has been made in developing gels with various functions, such as separation, extraction, and stimulus/biomolecule responses. Thus, this Special Issue invites original papers and review articles on the preparations and characterization of gel-based materials with various functions. Topics include:
- Supramolecular gels (low-molecular-weight gels);
- Lamellar gel networks (α-form hydrated crystals);
- Liquid crystal gels;
- Ionic gels;
- Gels with separation and extraction functions;
- Stimuli- or biomolecule-responsive gels;
- Emulsion gels.
In addition to the above, we welcome submissions on gel-based materials with various functions.
Dr. Rie Kakehashi
Dr. Yuji Yamashita
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- supramolecular gels (low-molecular-weight gels)
- lamellar gel networks (α-form hydrated crystals)
- liquid crystal gels
- ionic gels
- gels with separation and extraction functions
- stimuli- or biomolecule-responsive gels
- emulsion gels
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