Supramolecular meso-Trick: Ambidextrous Mirror Symmetry Breaking in a Liquid Crystalline Network with Tetragonal Symmetry

Y Cao, M Alaasar, L Zhang, C Zhu… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bicontinuous and multicontinuous network phases are among nature's most complex
structures in soft matter systems. Here, a chiral bicontinuous tetragonal phase is reported as …

Understanding the Role of Trapezoids in Honeycomb Self‐Assembly—Pathways between a Columnar Liquid Quasicrystal and its Liquid‐Crystalline Approximants

Y Cao, A Scholte, M Prehm, C Anders… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Quasiperiodic patterns and crystals—having long range order without translational
symmetry—have fascinated researchers since their discovery. In this study, we report on …

Controlling liquid and liquid crystalline network formation by core-fluorination of hydrogen bonded supramolecular polycatenars

M Alaasar, JC Schmidt, X Cai, F Liu… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Photo-switchable materials with liquid crystalline (LC) properties and being capable of
showing mirror-symmetry breaking are of special interest from a fundamental scientific point …

Frustrated layered self-assembly induced superlattice from two-dimensional nanosheets

H Lu, X Zhang, T Sakurai, X Li, Y Tu, J Guo, S Seki… - Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Here we reported a hierarchical self-assembly approach toward well-defined superlattices in
supramolecular liquid crystals by fullerene-based sphere–cone block molecules. The …

[HTML][HTML] Controlling ambidextrous mirror symmetry breaking in photosensitive supramolecular polycatenars by alkyl-chain engineering

M Alaasar, X Cai, F Kraus, M Giese, F Liu… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Liquid crystalline (LC) photo sensitive materials capable of forming mirror-symmetry broken
mesophases are of great interest to produce nano-structured materials for optical and …

C(1)‐Phenethyl Derivatives of [closo‐1‐CB11H12] and [closo‐1‐CB9H10] Anions: Difunctional Building Blocks for Molecular Materials

R Jakubowski, A Pietrzak, AC Friedli… - … –A European Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract C (1)‐vinylation of [closo‐1‐CB9H10]−(A) and [closo‐1‐CB11H12]−(B) with 4‐
benzyloxystyryl iodide followed by hydrogenation of the double bond and reductive …

Functional Hybrid Molecules for the Visualization of Cancer: PESIN‐Homodimers Combined with Multimodal Molecular Imaging Probes for Positron Emission …

R Hübner, X Cheng, B Wängler… - Chemistry–A European …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We describe multimodal imaging probes for gastrin‐releasing peptide receptor (GRPR)‐
specific targeting suited for positron emission tomography and optical imaging (PET/OI) …

Effect of flexible spacer and alkyl tail length on the liquid crystalline phase behavior of fullerene block molecules

H Lu, X Chen, X Li, W Sun, Y Wang… - Chemistry–A European …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Here the supramolecular liquid crystalline (LC) phase behavior of a series of fullerene block
molecules was investigated regarding spacer length, alkyl tail length and temperature …

Trifaceted Mickey Mouse Amphiphiles for Programmable Self‐Assembly, DNA Complexation and Organ‐Selective Gene Delivery

AI Carbajo‐Gordillo… - … A European Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Instilling segregated cationic and lipophilic domains with an angular disposition in a
trehalose‐based trifaceted macrocyclic scaffold allows engineering patchy molecular …

Highly branched bolapolyphilic liquid crystals with a cubic A15 network at the triangle-square transition

C Anders, M Wagner, M Alaasar, VM Fischer… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Rod-like bolapolyphiles with highly branched carbosilane-based side-chains self-assemble
into several honeycomb structures if the oligo (p-phenylene ethynylene) core is …