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Intrinsic Chirality in a Bent‐Core Mesogen Induced by Extrinsic Chiral Structures
Author(s) -
Choi SukWon,
Kang Sungmin,
Takanishi Yoichi,
Ishikawa Ken,
Watanabe Junji,
Takezoe Hideo
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.200601129
Subject(s) - mesogen , mesophase , chirality (physics) , bent molecular geometry , core (optical fiber) , phase (matter) , materials science , crystallography , chemical physics , chemistry , chiral symmetry , physics , liquid crystalline , composite material , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , quark , nambu–jona lasinio model
Going bananas : In a twisted geometry, an extrinsically chiral supermolecular structure was obtained in the calamitic phase. Upon cooling down to form the B x phase, imbalanced growth of an intrinsic preferential chiral structure was attained. The preferential chiral handedness of the banana mesophase can be also controlled by the handedness of the twisted configuration.