Aggregation structure of chiral cubic liquid crystals revealed by X-ray diffraction utilizing a new algorithm-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Aggregation structure of chiral cubic liquid crystals revealed by X-ray diffraction utilizing a new algorithm

Published:2023 Issue:6 Volume:19 Page:1194-1201
ISSN:1744-683X
Container-title:Soft Matter
language:en
Short-container-title:Soft Matter

Author:

Oka Toshihiko¹^ORCID,Yamamura Yasuhisa²^ORCID,Kutsumizu Shoichi³^ORCID,Saito Kazuya²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, and Nanomaterials Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan

2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan

3. Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan

Abstract

A recently developed crystallographic algorithm revealed an unexpected interwoven network structure in chiral thermotropic liquid crystals of achiral rodlike molecules. The two networks are homochiral in network geometry and molecular arrangement.

Funder

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2023/SM/D2SM01687G

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