A new methodology of partial crosslinking is presented for stabilizing the bicontinuous cubic phase without losing its dynamic nature. It was applied to a mixture of 1,2-bis[4'-(9''-decenyloxy)benzoyl]hydrazine with a bi-functional linker, remarkably stabilizing the phase in comparison with the neat compound having no C=C bond at the end of the alkyl tail.
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