Chirality Induction through Nano-Phase Separation: Alternating Network Gyroid Phase by Thermotropic Self-Assembly of X-Shaped Bolapolyphiles.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
; 59(7): 2725-2729, 2020 Feb 10.
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ABSTRACT
The single gyroid phase as well as the alternating double network gyroid, composed of two alternating single gyroid networks, hold a significant place in ordered nanoscale morphologies for their potential applications as photonic crystals, metamaterials and templates for porous ceramics and metals. Here, we report the first alternating network cubic liquid crystals. They form through self-assembly of X-shaped polyphiles, where glycerol-capped terphenyl rods lie on the gyroid surface while semiperfluorinated and aliphatic side-chains fill their respective separate channel networks. This new self-assembly mode can be considered as a two-color symmetry-broken double gyroid morphology, providing a tailored way to fabricate novel chiral structures with sub-10â
nm periodicities using achiral compounds.
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