Organogels, promising drug delivery systems: An update of state-of-the-art and recent applications

CL Esposito, P Kirilov, VG Roullin - Journal of controlled release, 2018 - Elsevier
Organogels are semi-solid systems with an organic liquid phase immobilized by a three-
dimensional network composed of self-assembled, crosslinked or entangled gelator fibers …

Low molecular mass gelators of organic liquids and the properties of their gels

P Terech, RG Weiss - Chemical reviews, 1997 - ACS Publications
This review explores the properties of thermallyreversible viscoelastic liquidlike or solidlike
materials (ie, organogels) comprised of an organic liquid and low concentrations (typically< …

Organogels and their use in drug delivery—a review

A Vintiloiu, JC Leroux - Journal of controlled release, 2008 - Elsevier
Organogels are semi-solid systems, in which an organic liquid phase is immobilized by a
three-dimensional network composed of self-assembled, intertwined gelator fibers. Despite …

Structure, dynamics and transport properties of microemulsions

SP Moulik, BK Paul - Advances in Colloid and Interface science, 1998 - Elsevier
The structure, dynamics and transport behaviors of microemulsions are physicochemically
unique and need exploration for basic understanding of their formation, state of aggregation …

Dynamics of polar solvation in lecithin/water/cyclohexane reverse micelles

DM Willard, RE Riter, NE Levinger - Journal of the American …, 1998 - ACS Publications
The solvation dynamics of water in lecithin/cyclohexane reverse micelles have been
determined via ultrafast time-resolved fluorescence studies. At hydration levels w 0≤ 4.8 …

Morphology of CdS nanocrystals synthesized in a mixed surfactant system

BA Simmons, S Li, VT John, GL McPherson, A Bose… - Nano Letters, 2002 - ACS Publications
High aspect ratio cadmium sulfide (CdS) quantum rods were synthesized at room
temperature in the environment of water-in-oil microemulsions using a combination of two …

Lecithin bridging by hydrogen bonds in the organogel

YA Shchipunov, EV Shumilina - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 1995 - Elsevier
A series of polar solvents have been studied in order to reveal those capable of producing
the thickening effect on hydrocarbon solutions of lecithin. It has been established that …

Formamide in reverse micelles: restricted environment effects on molecular motion

RE Riter, EP Undiks, JR Kimmel… - The Journal of Physical …, 1998 - ACS Publications
Novel Aerosol OT (AOT) reverse micelles solubilizing formamide rather than water have
been created and studied. In contrast to water sequestered in the interior of AOT reverse …

Effect of lecithin on organogel formation of 12-hydroxystearic acid

T Tamura, M Ichikawa - Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 1997 - Springer
Optically active 12-d-hydroxystearic acid (12-HSA) gives a thermally reversible organogel in
several organic solvents. When a small amount of lecithin coexists with 12-HSA in organic …

Multinuclear NMR investigation of phosphatidylcholine organogels

D Capitani, AL Segre, F Dreher, P Walde… - The Journal of …, 1996 - ACS Publications
A multinuclear NMR investigation of organogels formed by soybean lecithin and by a series
of synthetic phosphatidylcholines in cyclohexane in the presence of a small amount of water …