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Amplification of the Stereochemistry of Biomolecular Adsorbates by Deracemization of Chiral Domains in Bent-Core Liquid Crystals

  1. Guksik Lee1,
  2. Rebecca J. Carlton2,
  3. Fumito Araoka1,
  4. Nicholas L. Abbott2,*,
  5. Hideo Takezoe1,*

Article first published online: 26 OCT 2012

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201203302

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 25, Issue 2, pages 245–249, January 11, 2013

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How to Cite

Lee, G., Carlton, R. J., Araoka, F., Abbott, N. L. and Takezoe, H. (2013), Amplification of the Stereochemistry of Biomolecular Adsorbates by Deracemization of Chiral Domains in Bent-Core Liquid Crystals. Adv. Mater., 25: 245–249. doi: 10.1002/adma.201203302

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-S8-42, O-okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan

  2. 2

    Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA

*Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 7 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 26 OCT 2012
  3. Manuscript Revised: 3 SEP 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 10 AUG 2012

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Keywords:

  • bent-core mesogens;
  • chirality;
  • enantioselectivity;
  • liquid crystals;
  • phospholipids
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Assemblies of chiral phospholipids that form spontaneously at interfaces between aqueous phases and bent-core liquid crystals can deracemize mixtures of chiral domains that otherwise form in the liquid crystal phase. An enantiomeric excess of chiral domains is induced by adsorption of either L- or D-phospholipid with the same sense of optical rotation.

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