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Macroscopic chirality of twist-bend nematic phase in bent dimers confirmed by circular dichroism

Published:2020 Issue:3 Volume:8 Page:1041-1047
ISSN:2050-7526
Container-title:Journal of Materials Chemistry C
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Mater. Chem. C

Author:

Stevenson Warren D.¹²³⁴,Zeng Xiangbing¹²³⁴^ORCID,Welch Chris⁵⁶⁷⁴^ORCID,Thakur Anil K.¹²³⁴,Ungar Goran¹²³⁴⁸^ORCID,Mehl Georg H.⁵⁶⁷⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering

2. University of Sheffield

3. Sheffield S1 3JD

4. UK

5. Department of Chemistry

6. University of Hull

7. Hull HU6 7RX

8. State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials

Abstract

Long-range global chirality is confirmed in the twist-bend nematic phase of bent dimers using circular dichroism spectroscopy. The phase absorbs left and right circularly polarized light differently, confirming its helical rather than wavy character.

Funder

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Materials Chemistry,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2020/TC/C9TC05061B

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