The transformation of chiral signals into macroscopic properties of materials using chirality-responsive polymers

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Qing, Guangyan ^a   Sun, Taolei ^a,b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Physikalisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

chiral materials; chiral recognition; smart polymers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856064887     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2012.6     Document Type: Review

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