Spontaneous chirality through mixing achiral components: a twist-bend nematic phase driven by hydrogen-bonding between unlike components.

CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS(2018)

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The spontaneous formation of a chiral phase via molecular recognition in a system consisting of achiral components is reported. Specifically, the liquid crystalline behaviour of two molecular complexes assembled by hydrogen bonding between a stilbazole-based template and alkoxy-benzoic acids has been characterised. The complexes exhibit the heliconical twist-bend nematic phase (N-TB) over a broad temperature range despite the hydrogen-bond acceptor not being liquid crystalline and the donor exhibiting the conventional achiral nematic phase.
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spontaneous chirality,nematic phase,achiral components,twist-bend,hydrogen-bonding
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