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Cover Picture: Gel Sculpture: Moldable, Load‐Bearing and Self‐Healing Non‐Polymeric Supramolecular Gel Derived from a Simple Organic Salt (Chem. Eur. J. 26/2012)
Author(s) -
Sahoo Pathik,
Sankolli Ravish,
Lee HeeYoung,
Raghavan Srinivasa R.,
Dastidar Parthasarathi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201290106
Subject(s) - sculpture , supramolecular chemistry , cover (algebra) , salt (chemistry) , salt lake , materials science , polymer science , simple (philosophy) , load bearing , polymer chemistry , chemistry , chemical engineering , composite material , art , organic chemistry , engineering , crystal structure , visual arts , geology , philosophy , mechanical engineering , paleontology , epistemology , structural basin
A gel sculpture the first of its kind, derived from a simple organic salt has been demonstrated to be stable for months. The same gel also showed remarkable load‐bearing and self‐healing properties. A crystal engineering approach was adopted to discover such wonderful soft material. For more details, see the Full Paper by P. Dastidar et al. on page 8057 ff.