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  • Liquid crystals that consist of rod-like molecules currently dominate the materials used in industry for display and photonic applications. Here, the authors demonstrate electro-optic grey-scale switching based on the spontaneous formation of a short-pitch helix in a tilted smectic phase of achiral bent-core molecules.

    • Sithara P. Sreenilayam
    • Yuri P. Panarin
    • Carsten Tschierske
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 7, P: 1-8

  • Zeolites with regular porous structures are widely used as gas adsorbents and scaffolding for catalysts. Poppe et al. report a liquid crystal with zeolite-like structure by self-assembly of polyphilic molecules with π-conjugated rod-like cores into a honeycomb formed by pentagonal/octagonal channels.

    • Silvio Poppe
    • Anne Lehmann
    • Carsten Tschierske
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 6, P: 1-7

  • T- and X-shaped polyphilic liquid crystals can generate ordered structures with potential nanotechnology applications. Here, the inability of polyphiles to achieve optimal packing and complete nanophase separation is exploited to produce a flexible two-dimensional honeycomb with giant octagonal and square cylinders.

    • Feng Liu
    • Robert Kieffer
    • Carsten Tschierske
    Research
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 3, P: 1-7

  • The spontaneous resolution of racemic mixtures can occur when the molecules are confined in a crystal lattice, on surfaces or in other well-ordered assemblies. Now, mirror symmetry breaking within an isotropic liquid of achiral molecules has been observed. These liquids show strong chiral amplification and provide a possible mode of emergence of chirality in prebiotic fluids.

    • Christian Dressel
    • Tino Reppe
    • Carsten Tschierske
    Research
    Nature Chemistry
    Volume: 6, P: 971-977