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Cover Picture: Mirror Symmetry Breaking by Chirality Synchronisation in Liquids and Liquid Crystals of Achiral Molecules (ChemPhysChem 1/2016)
Author(s) -
Tschierske Carsten,
Ungar Goran
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201501145
Subject(s) - polarizer , chirality (physics) , cover (algebra) , liquid crystal , molecule , crystallography , symmetry (geometry) , symmetry breaking , chemical physics , optics , molecular physics , materials science , physics , chemistry , condensed matter physics , chiral symmetry breaking , geometry , quantum mechanics , mechanical engineering , mathematics , nambu–jona lasinio model , engineering , birefringence
A liquid conglomerate , as observed between almost crossed polarizers, is shown in the background image. The dark and bright areas correspond to domains rotating the plane of linearly polarized light in opposite directions. More information can be found in the Minireview by C. Tschierske and G. Ungar on page 9 in Issue 1, 2016 (DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201500601).