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Spontaneous chirality through mixing achiral components: a twist-bend nematic phase driven by hydrogen-bonding between unlike components

Published:2018 Issue:27 Volume:54 Page:3383-3386
ISSN:1359-7345
Container-title:Chemical Communications
language:en
Short-container-title:Chem. Commun.

Author:

Walker R.¹²³⁴⁵,Pociecha D.¹⁶⁷⁸⁹^ORCID,Abberley J. P.¹²³⁴⁵,Martinez-Felipe A.¹⁰¹¹²³⁴^ORCID,Paterson D. A.¹²³⁴⁵,Forsyth E.¹²³⁴⁵,Lawrence G. B.¹²³⁴⁵,Henderson P. A.¹²³⁴⁵,Storey J. M. D.¹²³⁴⁵,Gorecka E.¹⁶⁷⁸⁹^ORCID,Imrie C. T.¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemistry

2. King's College

3. University of Aberdeen

4. Aberdeen

5. UK

6. University of Warsaw

7. ul. Zwirki i Wigury 101

8. 02-089 Warsaw

9. Poland

10. Chemical and Materials Engineering Group

11. School of Engineering

Abstract

The spontaneous formation of a chiral structure in a mixture consisting of achiral components is attributed to the formation of a hydrogen-bonded complex between the unlike components.

Funder

Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland

Narodowym Centrum Nauki

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Materials Chemistry,Metals and Alloys,Surfaces, Coatings and Films,General Chemistry,Ceramics and Composites,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials,Catalysis

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2018/CC/C8CC00525G

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