Visualizing the helical stacking of octahedral metallomesogens with a chiral core
Go Watanabe, Hideyo Watanabe, Kota Suzuki, Hidetaka Yuge, Shintaro Yoshida, Takuyoshi Mandai, S. YONEDA, Hisako Sato, Mitsuo Hara, Jun Yoshida
Abstract
A combination of grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction and molecular dynamics simulation studies led to the visualization of the stacking structure of a helical columnar liquid crystal formed by enantiopure octahedral metallomesogens with ΔΛ chirality. The helical structure was elucidated as a hybrid of two major proposed structures.
Topics & Concepts
StackingOctahedronCrystallographyEnantiopure drugChirality (physics)Liquid crystalMaterials scienceChemistryCrystal structureEnantioselective synthesisOrganic chemistryPhysicsCatalysisChiral symmetryOptoelectronicsNambu–Jona-Lasinio modelQuarkQuantum mechanicsLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsMolecular spectroscopy and chiralityAdvanced Chemical Physics Studies