Chiral self-assembly of cellulose nanocrystals is driven by crystallite bundles

Autor: Thomas G. Parton, Richard M. Parker, Gea T. van de Kerkhof, Aurimas Narkevicius, Johannes S. Haataja, Bruno Frka-Petesic, Silvia Vignolini
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30226-6
Popis: Chirality transfer across length-scales is an intriguing phenomenon but connecting the properties of individual building blocks to the emergent features of their resulting large-scale structure remains challenging. Here, the authors investigate the origins of mesophase chirality in cellulose nanocrystal suspensions, whose self-assembly into chiral photonic films has attracted significant interest.
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