Multi-level chirality in liquid crystals formed by achiral molecules
oleh: Mirosław Salamończyk, Nataša Vaupotič, Damian Pociecha, Rebecca Walker, John M. D. Storey, Corrie T. Imrie, Cheng Wang, Chenhui Zhu, Ewa Gorecka
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2019-04-01 |
Deskripsi
It was previously shown that chiral structures can be formed from achiral bent-shaped mesogens. Here the authors observe hierarchical chiral structures with coupling of chirality at different levels in a system with achiral constituents.