Liquid crystals have been intensively studied as functional materials. Recently, integration of
various disciplines has led to new directions in the design of functional liquid‐crystalline …

Spontaneous deracemizations is a challenging, multidisciplinary subject in current chirality
research. In the absence of any chiral inductors, an achiral substance or a racemic …

One basic principle regulating self-assembly is associated with the asymmetry of constituent
building blocks or packing models. Using asymmetry to manipulate molecular-level devices …

Spontaneous symmetry breaking and emergent polar order are each of fundamental
importance to a range of scientific disciplines, as well as generating rich phase behaviour in …

Supramolecular symmetry breaking, in which chiral assemblies with imbalanced right-and
left-handedness emerge from achiral molecular building blocks, has been achieved in the …

Complex materials often exhibit a hierarchical structure with an intriguing mechanism
responsible for the 'propagation'of order from the molecular to the nano-or micro-scale level …

Spontaneous mirror symmetry breaking is an efficient way to obtain homogeneously chiral
agents, pharmaceutical ingredients and materials. It is also in the focus of the discussion …

In the recent two decades liquid crystal science has contributed significantly to the
understanding of mirror symmetry breaking and spontaneous emergence of chirality in …

The recently discovered orthorhombic liquid crystal (LC) phase of symmetry Fddd is proving
to be widespread. In this work, a chiral hydroxybutyrate linkage is inserted into the molecular …

Chiral mesophases in achiral bent‐shaped molecules have attracted particular attention
since their discovery in the middle 1990s, not only because of their homochirality and …