Spontaneous formation of a chiral structure in an achiral banana-shaped molecular system

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/10587250008023866

We have synthesized a new banana-shaped compound, having naphthalene as a center of molecule. This compound exhibited an unconventional smectic texture by optical microscopy where the growth of small-fractal domains was observed. Moreover, two different chiral domains were found to form in the smectic phase as well as in the Smblue phase which can be considered to possess a helical structure. The details will be discussed.

Full text of DOI:10.1080/10587250008023866

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and
Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid
Crystals
ISSN: 1058-725X (Print) (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/gmcl19
Spontaneous Formation of a Chiral Structure in an
Achiral Banana-Shaped Molecular System
Jirakorn Thisayukta , Hiroyuki Kamee , Susumu Kawauchi & Junji Watanabe
To cite this article: Jirakorn Thisayukta , Hiroyuki Kamee , Susumu Kawauchi & Junji Watanabe
(2000) Spontaneous Formation of a Chiral Structure in an Achiral Banana-Shaped Molecular
System, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular
Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 346:1, 63-75, DOI: 10.1080/10587250008023866
To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10587250008023866
Published online: 24 Sep 2006.
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