Effects of Cooling Rates on Self-Assembling Structures of 12-Hydroxystearic Acid in an Ionic Liquid

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Optical (a, c) and polarizing optical (b, d) images of 3 wt% 12-HSA/[ABIm][TFSI] gel prepared by quench to room temperature (a, b), and at a cooling rate of 0.4°C/min (c, d). The scale bar in the figure is 100 μm.

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