Enantioselective segregation in achiral nematic liquid crystals
Chemical Communications2005Iss. 26, pp. 3262–3262
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Abstract
The elusive biaxial nematic liquid crystal phase was recently discovered in a family of substituted oxadiazoles. Our investigations of these materials show that the achiral biaxial nematic phase can segregate into chiral domains of opposite handedness, thereby demonstrating that the liquid-like nematic phase exhibits the properties of a conglomerate.
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