Spontaneous formation of macroscopic chiral domains in a fluid smectic phase of achiral molecules

Science

Volumn 278, Issue 5345, 1997, Pages 1924-1927

  Link, Darren R ^a   Natale, Giorgio ^a   Shao, Renfan ^a   Maclennan, Joseph E ^a   Clark, Noel A ^a   Körblova, Eva ^a   Walba, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; GEOMETRY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031452438     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.278.5345.1924     Document Type: Article

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