A transparent photo-responsive organogel based on a glycoluril supergelator

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publication date

  • 2011

abstract

  • The synthesis of an azo-benzene glycoluril supergelator is reported. The control over the gel/sol state can be accomplished by irradiation and heat, but also (in a unidirectional sense) by incorporation of the glycoluril into a more stable supramolecular assembly.