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Frontispiece: Low Molecular Weight Supramolecular Gels Under Shear: Rheology as the Tool for Elucidating Structure–Function Correlation
Author(s) -
Dawn Arnab,
Kumari Harshita
Publication year - 2018
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.201880462
Subject(s) - rheology , supramolecular chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , phase (matter) , molecule , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry
Rheological studies on supramolecular gel phase materials offer an extensive insight of the structure‐function relationship lies in assembly properties of the molecules participated. The outcome of rheological experiments becomes even more interpretive when a concurrent experiment like rheo‐optics is performed. The review by A. Dawn and H. Kumari on page 762 ff. gives a comprehensive picture of rheology‐based research on supramolecular gel phase materials, and shows the path to rationalize the behaviors of healable and non‐healable supramolecular gel systems based on the interplay between molecular and supramolecular domains.