Spontaneous deracemizations
Spontaneous deracemizations is a challenging, multidisciplinary subject in current chirality
research. In the absence of any chiral inductors, an achiral substance or a racemic …
research. In the absence of any chiral inductors, an achiral substance or a racemic …
Supramolecular chirality synchronization in thin films of plasmonic nanocomposites
Mirror symmetry breaking in materials is a fascinating phenomenon that has practical
implications for various optoelectronic technologies. Chiral plasmonic materials are …
implications for various optoelectronic technologies. Chiral plasmonic materials are …
Chemical and physical aspects of recent bent-shaped liquid crystals exhibiting chiral and achiral mesophases
Bent-core liquid crystals (BLCs) are a class of thermotropic LCs that exhibit chiral and polar
superstructures in achiral molecules. Progress in design and synthesis of novel bent-core …
superstructures in achiral molecules. Progress in design and synthesis of novel bent-core …
Distinct twist-bend nematic phase behaviors associated with the ester-linkage direction of thioether-linked liquid crystal dimers
The twist-bend nematic phase (NTB) is a new spontaneous symmetry-breaking
phenomenon observed in fluidic liquid crystal (LC) phases, which possesses a heliconical …
phenomenon observed in fluidic liquid crystal (LC) phases, which possesses a heliconical …
Mirror Symmetry Breaking in Liquids and Their Impact on the Development of Homochirality in Abiogenesis: Emerging Proto-RNA as Source of Biochirality?
C Tschierske, C Dressel - Symmetry, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recent progress in mirror symmetry breaking and chirality amplification in isotropic liquids
and liquid crystalline cubic phases of achiral molecule is reviewed and discussed with …
and liquid crystalline cubic phases of achiral molecule is reviewed and discussed with …
Controlling liquid and liquid crystalline network formation by core-fluorination of hydrogen bonded supramolecular polycatenars
Photo-switchable materials with liquid crystalline (LC) properties and being capable of
showing mirror-symmetry breaking are of special interest from a fundamental scientific point …
showing mirror-symmetry breaking are of special interest from a fundamental scientific point …
[HTML][HTML] In silico study of liquid crystalline phases formed by bent-shaped molecules with excluded volume type interactions
What impact does the mesogens' shape have on the formation of the liquid crystalline
phase? Using Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations we numerically studied a …
phase? Using Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations we numerically studied a …
The twist-bend phases: Structure–property relationships, chirality and hydrogen-bonding
R Walker - Liquid Crystals Today, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This article will review some of our recent work concerning the relationships between
molecular structure and the observation of the fascinating twist-bend nematic, NTB, phase …
molecular structure and the observation of the fascinating twist-bend nematic, NTB, phase …
[HTML][HTML] Controlling ambidextrous mirror symmetry breaking in photosensitive supramolecular polycatenars by alkyl-chain engineering
Liquid crystalline (LC) photo sensitive materials capable of forming mirror-symmetry broken
mesophases are of great interest to produce nano-structured materials for optical and …
mesophases are of great interest to produce nano-structured materials for optical and …
Y-shaped tricatenar azobenzenes–functional liquid crystals with synclinic–anticlinic transitions and spontaneous helix formation
A series of achiral tricatenar rod-like molecules with a 3, 5-disubstitution pattern at one end
and a single alkyl chain at the other end of a rod-like azobenzene derived core is reported …
and a single alkyl chain at the other end of a rod-like azobenzene derived core is reported …