Cyclo(dipeptide)s as low-molecular-mass gelling agents to harden organic fluids

Abstract

Cyclic dipeptides consisting of diverse amino acids can cause physical gelation in a wide variety of organic fluids, including edible oils, glyceryl esters, alcohols and aromatic molecules; the gelation phenomenon is characterized by minimum gel concentration, FTIR spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction.