Insights into the mechanical properties of a silicone oil gel with a ‘latent’ gelator, 1-octadecylamine, and CO2 as an ‘activator’

Autor: Emiliano Carretti, Mathew George, Richard G. Weiss
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 984-991 (2010)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1860-5397
DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.6.111
Popis: A detailed study of the rheological properties of silicone oil gels, made from a low-molecular-mass organic gelator, a combination of 1-octadecylamine (a latent gelator) and carbon dioxide (an ‘activating’ molecule), is reported. Information gleaned from the mechanical measurements is used to characterize the gel networks and how they respond to temperature and strain. It is shown, for example, that very precise measurements of the gel-to-sol transitions can be obtained from plots of viscosity versus temperature.
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