Researchers Create New Organic Gel Nanomaterials

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Scanning electron microscope image shows organogel fibers in ethyl acetate. Credit: RensselaerDordick
Scanning electron microscope image shows organogel fibers in ethyl acetate. Credit: Rensselaer/Dordick

Researchers have created organic gel nanomaterials that could be used to encapsulate pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic products and to build 3-D biological scaffolds for tissue engineering. Using olive oil and six other liquid solvents, the scientists added a simple enzyme to chemically activate a sugar that changed the liquids to organic gels.


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