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Intense Chiral Optical Phenomena in Racemic Polymers by Cocrystallization With Chiral Guest Molecules: A Brief Overview
Author(s) -
Rizzo Paola,
Guerra Gaetano
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chirality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.43
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1520-636X
pISSN - 0899-0042
DOI - 10.1002/chir.22551
Subject(s) - chirality (physics) , chemistry , polymer , supramolecular chirality , molecule , supramolecular chemistry , macromolecule , polystyrene , nanotechnology , polymer chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , chiral symmetry breaking , biochemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , nambu–jona lasinio model , quark
This review is devoted to the chiral optical behavior of films of racemic polymers whose chirality is induced by cocrystallization with nonracemic (also temporary) guest molecules. We provide examples of macromolecular amplification of chirality, produced by molecular and supramolecular mechanisms, on industrially relevant polymers like poly(2,6‐dimethyl‐1,4‐phenylene)oxide (PPO) and syndiotactic polystyrene (s‐PS). Chirality 28:29–38, 2016 . © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.