Chiral π-conjugated molecules provide new materials with outstanding features for current
and perspective applications, especially in the field of optoelectronic devices. In thin films …

Helicenes are polycyclic aromatic compounds with nonplanar screw-shaped skeletons
formed by ortho-fused benzene or other aromatic rings. 1, 2 The first helicenes 1 and 2 …

Carbohelicenes are a class of fascinating chiral helical molecules which have a rich history
in chemistry. Over a period of almost 100 years, chemists have developed many methods to …

This book systematically reviews recent advances in the synthetic methods and applications
of helicenes. The first part of this book introduces the nomenclature and structural features of …

A new approach to second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) materials is reported, in which
chirality and supramolecular organization play key roles. Langmuir-Blodgett films of a chiral …

Fundamentally important as models for the study of energy and charge migration in self-
organized systems, discotic liquid crystals find functional application as one-dimensional …

Heterohelicene 10 is synthesized in six steps from 3, 3 '-bithienyl. Because the number of
steps is small, because the yield is 95% in the last (the reaction of a bis-enol ether with 1, 4 …

An amphiphilic barbituric acid derivative was found to form stable monolayers showing a
clear phase transition at the air/water interface. It is interesting to find that the deposited …

A novel amphiphilic compound 2-(heptadecyl) naphtha [2, 3] imidazole (NpImC17) was
synthesized, and its coordination with AgNO3 in situ in the monolayer at the air/water …

The enantiomers of a bis [5] helicenediol ligand ([5] HELOL) have been synthesized in
appreciable amounts by a procedure in which key steps are the union of p-benzoquinone …