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  • Title: Enhanced chirality by adding achiral molecules into the chiral system.
    Author: Gorecka E, Cepic M, Mieczkowski J, Nakata M, Takezoe H, Zeks B.
    Journal: Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys; 2003 Jun; 67(6 Pt 1):061704. PubMed ID: 16241241.
    Abstract:
    It is generally accepted that the doping of chiral materials with achiral molecules diminishes the chirality of the system. Here we report the opposite phenomenon. It was found that the structural chirality of smectic phases made of rodlike molecules, Sm-C(*) or Sm-C(*)(A) phases, measured as the reverse length of the helical pitch, is enhanced by adding small amount of achiral bent-shaped molecules. The effect is due to the chirality transfer between host and guest systems. Achiral bent-shaped molecules become structurally chiral due to the interactions with the chiral host that induces tilt and polar order of bent-shaped molecules. This induced chirality is then transferred back to the host.
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