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Cover Feature: Helicity Control of Supramolecular Gel Fibers Consisting of an Achiral Ni II Complex in a Chiral Nematic Solvent (Chem. Eur. J. 48/2018)
Author(s) -
Maeda Takatoshi,
Kuwajima Yuuki,
Akita Takuya,
Iwai Yosuke,
Komiya Naruyoshi,
Uchida Yoshiaki,
Naota Takeshi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201803227
Subject(s) - liquid crystal , supramolecular chemistry , mesogen , chirality (physics) , helicity , crystallography , supramolecular chirality , dopant , materials science , solvent , liquid crystalline , polymer chemistry , chemistry , organic chemistry , crystal structure , doping , physics , particle physics , quantum mechanics , quark , nambu–jona lasinio model , optoelectronics , chiral symmetry breaking
The supramolecular chirality of aggregates consisting of an achiral Ni II complex can be generated and controlled precisely in chiral nematic liquid crystalline (LC) solvent, while the complex naturally forms achiral gel fibers in achiral nematic LC solvents and crystals in non‐mesogenic solvents. Direction and intensity in the helicity of the gel fibers in the LC gel state can be adjusted according to the helical twisting nature and concentration of the chiral dopants. More information can be found in the Full Paper by Y. Uchida, T. Naota, et al. on page 12546.