Amplification of macromolecular helicity of dynamic helical poly(phenylacetylene)s bearing non-racemic alanine pendants in dilute solution, liquid crystal and two-dimensional crystal

Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-50

  Ohsawa, Sousuke ^a,b   Sakurai, Shin Ichiro ^b   Nagai, Kanji ^a,b   Maeda, Katsuhiro ^a,c   Kumaki, Jiro ^b,d   Yashima, Eiji ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

atomic force microscopy; chiral amplification; chirality; circular dichroism; helical structure; helix inversion; liquid crystal

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE; CHIRAL AMPLIFICATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTRA; COPOLYMER CHAINS; DILUTE SOLUTION; ENANTIOMERIC EXCESS; HELICAL CONFORMATION; HELICAL PITCH; HELICAL STRUCTURES; HELIX INVERSION; HIGH RESOLUTION; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE; LYOTROPICS; MACROMOLECULAR HELICITY; MESOSCOPICS; OPTICALLY ACTIVE; PHENYLACETYLENES; POLY(PHENYLACETYLENE); RHODIUM CATALYSTS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) CRYSTALS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CRYSTALS;

ACETYLENE; AMINO ACIDS; AMPLIFICATION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CHIRALITY; COPOLYMERS; DICHROISM; ENANTIOMERS; INNOVATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; RHODIUM; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 84855459815     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2011.37     Document Type: Article

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