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Chiral Mesostructured Silica Nanofibers of MCM‐41
Author(s) -
Wang Bo,
Chi Cheng,
Shan Wei,
Zhang Yahong,
Ren Nan,
Yang Wuli,
Tang Yi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200504191
Subject(s) - chirality (physics) , nanofiber , materials science , nanotechnology , twist , transformation (genetics) , chemical engineering , chemistry , geometry , chiral symmetry , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , nambu–jona lasinio model , engineering , quark , biochemistry , gene
Straightening out chirality : Chiral mesostructured silica nanofibers of MCM‐41 with one (see TEM image, the arrows indicate periodic fringes) and two twist axes were fabricated from a simple dilute synthesis system without any chiral additives. A continuous transformation from a chiral mesostructure to an achiral straight mesostructure was observed, thus demonstrating an interesting relationship between these two seemingly different structures.