For the first time, they achieved asymmetric (chiral) living polymerization of optically active polyisocyanides using liquid crystals with chiral (mirror-image isomer) structures as a solvent.

One area of exciting research involves the study of topological structures in chiral liquid crystals, such as skyrmions and hopfions. These structures are significant because they are stable ...

In chiral crystals, the spatial arrangement of atoms confers a specific "handedness," which—for example—influences their optical and electrical properties. A Hamburg-Oxford team has focused on ...

Another study focused on the self-assembly of filamentous viruses into chiral liquid crystal phases. This research demonstrated that chirality transfer occurs through electrostatic interactions ...

Chirality is a fundamental property of matter that determines many biological, chemical and physical phenomena. Chiral solids, for example, offer exciting opportunities for catalysis, sensing and ...

In chiral crystals, the arrangement of atoms gives them a specific “handedness,” which can influence their optical and electrical behaviors. However, not all crystals are naturally chiral.

These are highly chiral liquid crystals. A research team has discovered that achiral hard banana-shaped particles can spontaneously form exotic structures like skyrmions and blue phase III phases.

Researchers at the MPI for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) and the University of Oxford have shown that terahertz light can induce chirality in a non-chiral crystal, allowing either ...

In chiral crystals, the spatial arrangement of atoms confers a specific "handedness", which, for example, influences their optical and electrical properties. The Hamburg-Oxford team focused on ...

State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China ...