Multi-level chirality in liquid crystals formed by achiral molecules
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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Main Authors: | 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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Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2019
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/bd1e0e6979a1430eb1d7fd98f5c63dcb |
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