Mirror symmetry breaking by mixing of equimolar amounts of two gyroid phase-forming achiral molecules

作者:Kutsumizu Shoichi*; Miisako Suguru; Miwa Yohei; Kitagawa Makoto; Yamamura Yasuhisa; Saito Kazuya
来源:Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2016, 18(26): 17341-17344.
DOI:10.1039/c6cp02954j

摘要

Mirror symmetry breaking was observed by mixing of equimolar amounts of two gyroid phase-forming achiral molecules, one having a short and the other with a long tail. This fact indicates the importance of a critical chain length for the appearance of the chiral bicontinuous cubic (Cubbi) phase. It also demonstrates that the molecular-level mobility is closely connected to the formation and stabilisation of those Cubbi phases.

  • 出版日期2016-7-14