Chiral π-conjugated molecules provide new materials with outstanding features for current
and perspective applications, especially in the field of optoelectronic devices. In thin films …

Light-driven phenomena both in living systems and nonliving materials have enabled truly
fascinating and incredible dynamic architectures with terrific forms and functions. Recently …

A cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) is a self-assembled photonic crystal formed by rodlike
molecules, including chiral molecules, that arrange themselves in a helical fashion. The …

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 …

Photocontrol of molecular alignment is an exceptionally-intelligent and useful strategy. It
enables us to control optical coefficients, peripheral molecular alignments, surface relief …

Unraveling the chirality transfer mechanism of polymer assemblies and controlling their
handedness is beneficial for exploring the origin of hierarchical chirality and developing …

We describe a novel class of tetraphenylbenzene-based discotic molecules with exceptional
self-assembling properties. Absorption and fluorescence studies confirmed the formation of …

Introduction of asymmetry into a supramolecular system via external chiral stimuli can
contribute to the understanding of the intriguing homochirality found in nature. Circularly …

Nature offers many beautiful examples of biological systems whose unique functionalities
arise from a well-defined helical organization as the expression of supramolecular …

A liquid crystalline homopolymer that has photoisomerizable methoxyazobenzene groups in
the side chain has been synthesized and characterized. Thin films of the nematic glassy …