We studied the correlation between the molecular structure and the formation of helical nanofilaments (HNFs) of bent-core dimeric molecules with varying linkage lengths. To obtain precise structural data, a single domain of HNFs was prepared under physical confinement using porous 1D nanochannels, made up of anodic aluminium oxide films. Electron microscopy and grazing incidence X-ray diffraction were used to elucidate the linkage length-dependent formation of HNFs.
@article{arxiv.1602.04914,
title = {Linkage-length dependent structuring behaviour of bent-core molecules in helical nanostructures},
author = {Hanim Kim and Anna Zep and Seong Ho Ryu and Hyungju Ahn and Tae Joo Shin and Sang Bok Lee and Damian Pociecha and Ewa Gorecka and Dong Ki Yoon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.04914},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
published in Soft Matter (2016). 17 pages in total, 5 figures, 2 figures in Supporting materials