Entropy-driven formation of a chiral liquid-crystalline phase of helical filaments
Physical review letters, 2006•APS
We study the liquid-crystalline phase behavior of a concentrated suspension of helical
flagella isolated from Salmonella typhimurium. Flagella are prepared with different
polymorphic states, some of which have a pronounced helical character while others
assume a rodlike shape. We show that the static phase behavior and dynamics of chiral
helices are very different when compared to simpler achiral hard rods. With increasing
concentration, helical flagella undergo an entropy-driven first order phase transition to a …
flagella isolated from Salmonella typhimurium. Flagella are prepared with different
polymorphic states, some of which have a pronounced helical character while others
assume a rodlike shape. We show that the static phase behavior and dynamics of chiral
helices are very different when compared to simpler achiral hard rods. With increasing
concentration, helical flagella undergo an entropy-driven first order phase transition to a …
We study the liquid-crystalline phase behavior of a concentrated suspension of helical flagella isolated from Salmonella typhimurium. Flagella are prepared with different polymorphic states, some of which have a pronounced helical character while others assume a rodlike shape. We show that the static phase behavior and dynamics of chiral helices are very different when compared to simpler achiral hard rods. With increasing concentration, helical flagella undergo an entropy-driven first order phase transition to a liquid-crystalline state having a novel chiral symmetry.
American Physical Society
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