Inside Front Cover: Construction of Chiral Propeller Architectures from Achiral Molecules (Adv. Mater. 24/2006)

Chiral propeller architectures constructed from achiral molecules via hydrogen bonding self‐assembly, in addition to Frank–Pryce spherulitic droplet and fingerprint textures, are reported on p. 3229 by Cheng and co‐workers. It is found, for the first time, that neither molecular chirality nor a mole...

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Published in:Advanced materials (Weinheim) 2006-12, Vol.18 (24), p.n/a
Main Authors: Jeong, K.-U., Yang, D.-K., Graham, M. J., Tu, Y., Kuo, S.-W., Knapp, B. S., Harris, F. W., Cheng, S. Z. D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chiroptical materials
Hydrogen bonding
Liquid crystals
Liquid crystals, nematic
Liquid crystals, smectic
nematic
smectic
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Summary:Chiral propeller architectures constructed from achiral molecules via hydrogen bonding self‐assembly, in addition to Frank–Pryce spherulitic droplet and fingerprint textures, are reported on p. 3229 by Cheng and co‐workers. It is found, for the first time, that neither molecular chirality nor a molecular bend is necessary to form a chiral phase, which is of particular interest for next‐generation biological and electro‐optical materials science and technology. Chiral propeller architectures (see figure and inside cover) are constructed from achiral molecules via hydrogen bonding self‐assembly in addition to Frank–Pryce spherulitic droplet and fingerprint textures. It is found, for the first time, that neither molecular chirality nor a molecular bend is necessary to form a chiral phase. This is of particular interest to the next generation of biological and electro‐optical advances in materials science and technology.
ISSN:0935-9648
1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.200690106