Introduction

Chiral Liquid Crystals: Structures, Phases, Effects

“…These phases are normally called soft solids. Liquid crystal molecules (mesogens), just as other molecules, can also be made chiral [21]. There are two principle ways to proceed, (i) including chirality within the molecule, mainly by substituting one or more of the carbon atoms asymmetrically by four different ligands.…”

Liquid‐Crystalline Quaternary Block Molecules Incorporating Bent‐Core Units

“…[2] In the last decade, achiral bent-core molecules were found to provide a novel class of AF switching LC materials. [3][4][5] Here, the polar order is due to the shape of the molecules which restricts the rotation around the long axis and leads to a spontaneous polarization (P) parallel to the layer planes (see Figure 1 a).…”

Construction of Chiral Propeller Architectures from Achiral Molecules

“…Birefringent achiral N droplets appeared and grew from the isotropic background. When the temperature reached 216°C, characteristic cholesteric helical structures similar to other chiral N systems, such as a Frank-Pryce spherulitic N droplet with equidistant rings, [2,28] (Fig. 2a) and fingerprint textures with equidistant lines, [27] (Fig.…”

“…In addition to the insight into the fundamental physics of chiral phases, this series of molecules can also be used as an intermediary to recognize the chiral molecules that are often observed in configurational chiral molecular systems. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] …”

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Understanding and controlling this is essential for mimicking the development of biological structures and for achieving tailored macroscopic properties. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Classically, chirality is generated by the incorporation of asymmetric tetrahedral carbons, but selfassembled liquid crystal (LC) materials formed through noncovalent interactions, such as H-bonding, have attracted much attention, as these materials may also possess chirality independent of molecular chirality.…”