ANALYTICAL AND RELATED APPLICATIONS OF ORGANOGELS

Recent advances in the chemistry of organogels include development of guidelines which allow for the formation of organogels from other type s of surfactants or polymers, establishment of protocols which allow f or better incorporation of guest solutes into lecithin gels, and bette r insight into the partitioning and transport behavior of solutes in s uch organogel assemblies. in addition, recent work demonstrates the fe asibility of utilizing organogels (or thin films formed from them) for the efficient physical immobilization of enzymes for use in the enant ioselective synthesis of organic compounds, analytical and preparative scale resolution of optical isomers as well as for the detoxification of aqueous water streams. Native organogels can be employed for the p urification of apolar organic solvents.