Biopolymers from renewable bio-based resources provide a sustainable alternative to
petroleum-derived plastics, but limitations like brittleness and cost restrict applicability …

Transforming lignocellulosic biomass into fuels and chemicals has been intensely studied in
recent years. A large amount of work has been dedicated to finding suitable solvent systems …

Despite great advances in carbon synthesis through solution chemistry, a long-standing
question is how to choose solvents effectively. Herein, we establish a systematical strategy …

Supramolecular building blocks assembling into helical aggregates are ubiquitous in the
current literature, yet the role of solvents in these supramolecular polymerizations often …

Rational design of small molecular gelators is an elusive and herculean task, despite the
rapidly growing body of literature devoted to such gels over the past decade. The process of …

Abstract 1, 3: 2, 4‐Dibenzylidene‐d‐sorbitol (DBS), a simple, commercially relevant
compound, was found to self‐assemble as a result of intermolecular noncovalent …

Supramolecular gels, self-assembled from low-molecular-weight gelators (LMWGs), have a
long history and a bright future. This review provides an overview of these materials, from …

Dibenzylidene-D-sorbitol (DBS) has been a well-known low-molecular-weight gelator of
organic solvents for over 100 years. As such, it constitutes a very early example of a …

Three-dimensional hierarchical porous carbon materials with flower-like superstructures are
of great interest for energy applications since their unique shape not only provides high …

A long-chain amino acid containing dipeptide has been found to form a hydrogel in
phosphate buffer whose pH ranges from 6.0 to 8.8. The hydrogel formed at pH 7.46 has …