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Cover Picture: Transcription and Amplification of Molecular Chirality to Oppositely Biased Supramolecular π Helices (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 7/2006)
Author(s) -
Ajayaghosh Ayyappanpillai,
Varghese Reji,
George Subi Jacob,
Vijayakumar Chakkooth
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200690023
Subject(s) - janus , supramolecular chemistry , helicity , chirality (physics) , molecule , crystallography , chemistry , cover (algebra) , stereochemistry , helix (gastropod) , heteronuclear molecule , physics , nanotechnology , materials science , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , biology , crystal structure , snail , ecology , chiral symmetry breaking , particle physics , quark , quantum mechanics , nambu–jona lasinio model , organic chemistry , engineering , mechanical engineering
Inversion of helicity and the formation of unusual fused supercoiled left and right helices of gel‐forming linear π‐conjugated molecules by a “sergeants and soldiers” approach, in which the achiral molecules (soldiers) mistake orders from the chiral molecules (sergeants), is described by A. Ajayaghosh et al. on page 1141 ff. The cover picture shows Janus, the double‐faced Greek God, holding a left‐handed DNA helix and a right‐handed conch which epitomize the marvels of natural creations.