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ArticleChemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2021

Mirror Symmetry Breaking and Network Formation in Achiral Polycatenars with Thioether Tail.

Mohamed Alaasar, Ahmed F Darweesh, Xiaoqian Cai, Feng Liu, Carsten Tschierske

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Article in Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Mohamed AlaasarInstitute of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt Mothes Str. 2, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4155-8644
Ahmed F DarweeshDepartment of Chemistry Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7291-6486
Xiaoqian CaiState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China.
Feng LiuState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China.
Carsten TschierskeInstitute of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt Mothes Str. 2, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.

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alexander von humboldt-stiftungdeutsche forschungsgemeinschaft AL2378/1-1innovative research group project of the national natural science foundation of china 21761132033, 21374086
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Abstract

Mirror symmetry breaking in systems composed of achiral molecules is of importance for the design of functional materials for technological applications as well as for the understanding of the mechanisms of spontaneous emergence of chirality. Herein, we report the design and molecular self-assembly of two series of rod-like achiral polycatenar molecules derived from a π-conjugated 5,5'-diphenyl-2,2'-bithiophene core with a fork-like triple alkoxylated end and a variable single alkylthio chain at the other end. In both series of liquid crystalline materials, differing in the chain length at the trialkoxylated end, helical self-assembly of the π-conjugated rods in networks occurs, leading to wide temperature ranges (>200 K) of bicontinuous cubic network phases, in some cases being stable even around ambient temperatures. The achiral bicontinuous cubic Ia

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bithophenechiralitycubic phasesliquid crystalsmirror symmetry breakingsoft matter

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PMCPMC8596804

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