Fig. 1: Distinct modes of transitions from triangular to square honeycombs. | Communications Chemistry

Fig. 1: Distinct modes of transitions from triangular to square honeycombs.

From: A periodic dodecagonal supertiling by self-assembly of star-shaped molecules in the liquid crystalline state

Fig. 1

Transition from triangular (a) to square (f) honeycomb LC phases occurring via aperiodic (b), quasiperiodic (c) or long range periodic (d, e) intermediate structures4,11,12. The shown 2D tiling patterns represent cuts through the 3D honeycomb phases perpendicular to the column long axis (c axis).

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