Fig.
1 DSC heating thermograms (lines) and relative quantities of the WE
fraction in terms of CN (pins) for waxes; waxes in order of decreasing
total WE content (top: highest)
Fig.
2 BFM images of oleogels consisting of MCT-oil and 10 % (w/w)
structurant (SFX (a), (c)); WE C34(18_16) (b), (d)) crystallized at
different cooling rates. (Image (c): purified canola oil (0 % polar
components) as solvent - contrast enhanced)
Fig.
3 Comparison of calculated layer thicknesses (eq. 1, eq. 2) (lines) and
experimental SAXS data (marker) as a function of CN; SAXS data:
Fig.
4 Melting temperatures (left) and molar heat of fusion (right) of pure
wax esters as a function of CN. Black crosses: experimentally determined
for this manuscript, gray circles: reviewed literature data
Fig.
5 Melting temperature of WEs with different symmetries and CN as a
function of ∆CN. Lines indicate equal CN. Black crosses: experimentally
determined for this manuscript, other markers: reviewed literature data
Fig.
6 DSC heating thermograms for oleogels formed with MCT-oil and 10 %
(w/w) of either SFX (gray) or pure WE C42 (22_20) (black)
Fig.
7 Dissolution temperatures (left) and molar heat of fusion (right) as a
function of CN for pure WEs (empty gray markers) and mono-ester gels
consisting of a single WE (10 % (w/w) and MCT-oil (filled black
markers); Circles: ∆CN ∈ [-2;0;2]); squares: (∆CN ∈ [-8; +8]);
value for pure WE C46 is extrapolated (dashed gray circle)
Fig.
8 Complex shear modulus G* as function of temperature obtained from
temperature test (oscillatory rheology) showing the crystallization
(left, gray) and the melting (right, black) curves for an oleogel based
on MCT-oil and 10% (w/w) of WE C42 (22_20). Between the two
temperature tests, an isothermal phase (5 °C) was performed for 30 min
Fig. 9 Maximum G* level
(in LVR; T = 5 °C) as a function of CN for mono-ester gels consisting of
a single WE (10 % (w/w) and MCT-oil ((circles: ∆CN ∈ [-2;0;2]);
squares ∆CN ∈ [-8; +8])
Fig. 10 Heating
thermograms of mixed gels consisting of binary mixtures of WEs (10 %
(w/w)) and MCT-oil; (a): C30+C46; (b): C30+C42; (c): C36+C38; (d):
C36(14_22)+C36(22_14). Dashed lines: Mono-ester gels for comparison
Fig. 11 Complex shear
modulus G* as function of temperature obtained from an oscillatory
rheology temperature test for oleogels consisting of MCT-oil and 10 %
(w/w) of either pure WE (C30 (16_14) and C42 (22_20) - gray) or binary
mixtures of these WEs at three different mixing ratios (2:1; 1:1; 1:2 –
black)
Fig. 12 Maximum G* values
(in LVR; T=5 °C) for mixed gels consisting of binary mixtures of WEs (10
% (w/w) and MCT-oil as a function of the mass fraction