Shellac as a natural material to structure a liquid oil-based thermo reversible soft matter system

We demonstrate the novel use of shellac as a natural material to structure liquid oil into an oleogel. Thermo reversible oleogels with different texture, gel strength and temperature behaviour could be obtained by altering the concentration of shellac. Further, a possible application of shellac oleogel in the preparation of w/o spreadable emulsions is described

A foam-templated approach for fabricating organogels using a water-soluble polymer

We report a unique approach of using a water soluble polymer (a cellulose derivative) to generate organogels via a facile, low temperature process. This finding is an important step towards the development of liquid oil-based soft matter systems for applications in non-bio and bio-related fields