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Construction of Chiral Propeller Architectures from Achiral Molecules
Author(s) -
Jeong K.U.,
Yang D.K.,
Graham M. J.,
Tu Y.,
Kuo S.W.,
Knapp B. S.,
Harris F. W.,
Cheng S. Z. D.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200601338
Subject(s) - chirality (physics) , propeller , materials science , molecule , nanotechnology , supramolecular chirality , hydrogen bond , chemical physics , supramolecular chemistry , organic chemistry , chiral symmetry , chemistry , physics , engineering , quantum mechanics , marine engineering , nambu–jona lasinio model , quark
Chiral propeller architectures (see figure and inside cover) are constructed from achiral molecules via hydrogen bonding self‐assembly in addition to Frank–Pryce spherulitic droplet and fingerprint textures. It is found, for the first time, that neither molecular chirality nor a molecular bend is necessary to form a chiral phase. This is of particular interest to the next generation of biological and electro‐optical advances in materials science and technology.