Chiral Self-Sorting and the Realization of Ferroelectricity in the Columnar Liquid Crystal Phase of an Optically Inactive <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>′-Diphenylurea Derivative Possessing Six (±)-Citronellyl Groups
Miyu Moriya, Michinari Kohri, Keiki Kishikawa
Abstract
also indicates ferroelectricity similar to that of an optically pure urea compound because of chiral self-sorting.
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