Multi-level chirality in liquid crystals formed by achiral molecules

Autor: Mirosław Salamończyk, Nataša Vaupotič, Damian Pociecha, Rebecca Walker, John M. D. Storey, Corrie T. Imrie, Cheng Wang, Chenhui Zhu, Ewa Gorecka
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09862-y
Popis: 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.
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