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The design of artificial models for “biomineralization” processes that utilize sol-gel polycondensation has led to a merging of inorganic materials science and supramolecular organic chemistry. This chapter introduces self-assembled superstructures of cyclohexane-based, sugar-integrated, and crown-appended cholesterol gelators, which are used as versatile building blocks in organogels and as templates for sol-gel transcription. This review focuses on the use of these self-assembled organic superstructures in the creation of novel inorganic materials with controlled morphologies.
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Jung, J.H., Shinkai, S. Gels as Templates for Nanotubes. In: Schalley, C.A., Vögtle, F., Dötz, K.H. (eds) Templates in Chemistry I. Topics in Current Chemistry, vol 248. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/b99915
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