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Chiral structures genereted by achiral molecular building blocks

2016/22/A/ST5/00319

Keywords:

chirality mirror symmetry breaking nanofibres liquid crystals

Descriptors:

  • ST5_1: Structural properties of materials
  • ST5_10: Functional materials/nanomaterials, nanoparticles
  • ST5_12: Methods of nanomaterials/materials synthesis

Panel:

ST5 - Materials: materials synthesis, structure-properties relations, advanced and functional materials with designed properties, (macro)molecular architecture, material engineering

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Chemii

woj. mazowieckie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Ewa Górecka 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 8

Call: MAESTRO 8 - announced on 2016-06-15

Amount awarded: 3 015 900 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2017-04-18

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2023-04-17

Project duration:: 72 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. lampa UV.
  2. Polaryzator z uchwytem.
  3. Regulator temperatury.
  4. Intensywne źródło promieniowania rentgenowskiego do dyfraktometru niskokątowego (490 000 PLN)

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (41)
  1. Fluorescent and charge transport properties of columnar phases made of mono and bi-phenazine derivatives
    Authors:
    J. Szydłowska, A. Sitkiewicz, E. Nazaruk, D. Pociecha, P. Krzyczkowska, A. Krowczynski, E. Gorecka
    Academic press:
    Soft Matter (rok: 2018, tom: 14, strony: 2104-2111), Wydawca: The Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/c7sm02087b - link to the publication
  2. Helical phases assembled from achiral molecules: Twist-bend nematic and helical filamentary B4 phases formed by mesogenic dimers
    Authors:
    E.Cruickshank, K.Anderson, J.M.D. Storey, C.T. Imrie, E. Gorecka, .Pociecha, A. Makal, M.M. Majewska
    Academic press:
    Journal of Molecular Liquids (rok: 2022, tom: 346, strony: 118180), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.molliq.2021.118180 - link to the publication
  3. Missing Link between Helical Nano- and Microfilaments in B4 Phase Bent-Core Liquid Crystals, and Deciphering which Chiral Center Controls the Filament Handedness
    Authors:
    Sasan Shadpour, Ahlam Nemati, Mirosław Salamon ́czyk, Marianne E. Prévôt, Jiao Liu, Nicola J. Boyd, Mark R. Wilson, Chenhui Zhu, Elda Hegmann, Antal I. Jákli, Torsten Hegmann
    Academic press:
    Small (rok: 2019, tom: 1, strony: 1905591), Wydawca: Wiley VCh
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/smll.201905591 - link to the publication
  4. New patterns of twist-bend liquid crystal phase behaviour: the synthesis and characterisation of the 1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4'-yl)-10-(4-alkylanilinebenzylidene-4'-oxy)decanes (CB10O.m)
    Authors:
    A. F. Alshammari, D. Pociecha, R. Walker, J. M. D. Storey, E. Gorecka and C. T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    Soft Matter (rok: 2022, tom: 18, strony: 4679-4688), Wydawca: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/D2SM00162D - link to the publication
  5. Photonic Bandgap in Achiral Liquid Crystals-A Twist on a Twist
    Authors:
    D. Pociecha, N. Vaupotič, M. Majewska, E. Cruickshank, R. Walker, J. M. D. Storey, C. T. Imrie, C. Wang, E. Gorecka
    Academic press:
    ADVANCED MATERIALS (rok: 2021, tom: 33, strony: 2103288), Wydawca: WILEY-VCH
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/adma.202103288 - link to the publication
  6. Spontaneous chirality through mixing achiral components: a twist-bend nematic phase driven by hydrogen-bonding between unlike components
    Authors:
    R. Walker, D. Pociecha, J. P. Abberley, A. Martinez-Felipe, D. A. Paterson, E. Forsyth, G. B. Lawrence, P. A. Henderson, J. M. D. Storey, E. Gorecka, C. T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    Chemical Communications (rok: 2018, tom: 54, strony: 3383-3386), Wydawca: The Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/c8cc00525g - link to the publication
  7. Sulfur-linked cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase
    Authors:
    Ewan Cruickshank, Mirosław Salamończyk, Damian Pociecha, Grant J. Strachan, John M. D. Storey, Cheng Wang, Jun Feng, Chenhui Zhu, Ewa Gorecka, Corrie T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    Liquid Crystals (rok: 2019, tom: 46, strony: 1595-1609), Wydawca: Taylor and Francis Ltd
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/02678292.2019.1641638 - link to the publication
  8. The Chiral Twist-Bend Nematic Phase (N*(TB))
    Authors:
    Rebecca Walker, Damian Pociecha, John .D. Storey, Ewa Gorecka, Corrie T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    Chemistry - A European Journal (rok: 2019, tom: 25, strony: 13329-13335), Wydawca: Willey VCh
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/chem.201903014 - link to the publication
  9. Bi-continuous orthorhombic soft matter phase made of polycatenar molecules
    Authors:
    J. Matraszek, D. Pociecha, N. Vaupotič, M. Salamończyk, M. Vogrin, E. Gorecka
    Academic press:
    Soft Matter (rok: 2020, tom: 16, strony: 3882-3885), Wydawca: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/D0SM00331J - link to the publication
  10. Critical behavior of the optical birefringence at the nematic to twist-bend nematic phase transition
    Authors:
    Damian Pociecha, Catriona A. Crawford, Daniel A. Paterson, John M. D. Storey, Corrie T. Imrie, Nataša Vaupotic, Ewa Gorecka
    Academic press:
    Physical Review E (rok: 2018, tom: 98, strony: 52706), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevE.98.052706 - link to the publication
  11. Double helical structure of the twist-bend nematic phase investigated by resonant X-ray scattering at the carbon and sulfur K-edges
    Authors:
    Mirosław Salamończyk, Richard J. Mandle, Anna Makal, Alexander Liebman-Pelaez, Jun Feng, John W. Goodby, Chenhui Zhu
    Academic press:
    Soft Matter (rok: 2018, tom: 14, strony: 9760), Wydawca: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/c8sm01215f - link to the publication
  12. Heliconical smectic phases formed by achiral molecules
    Authors:
    Jordan P. Abberley, Ross Killah, Rebecca Walker, John M.D. Storey, Corrie T. Imrie, Mirosław Salamończyk, Chenhui Zhu, Ewa Gorecka, Damian Pociecha
    Academic press:
    Nature Communications (rok: 2018, tom: 9, strony: 228), Wydawca: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41467-017-02626-6 - link to the publication
  13. Hydrogen bonding and the design of twist-bend nematogens
    Authors:
    R. Walker, D. Pociecha, C. A. Crawford, J. M. D. Storey, E. Gorecka, C. T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    Journal of Molecular Liquids (rok: 2020, tom: 303, strony: 112630), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.molliq.2020.112630 - link to the publication
  14. Liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase: On the role of spacers and terminal alkyl chains
    Authors:
    Ewan Forsyth, Daniel A. Paterson, Ewan Cruickshank, Grant J. Strachan, Ewa Gorecka, Rebecca Walker, John M.D. Storey, Corrie T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    Journal of Molecular Liquids (rok: 2020, tom: 320, strony: 114391), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114391 - link to the publication
  15. Molecular curvature, specific intermolecular interactions and the twist-bend nematic phase: the synthesis and characterisation of the 1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4-yl)-6-(4-alkylanilinebenzylidene-4-oxy)hexanes (CB6O.m)
    Authors:
    Rebecca Walker, Damian Pociecha, Grant J. Strachan, John M. D. Storey, Ewa Gorecka, Corrie T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    Soft Matter (rok: 2019, tom: 15, strony: 3188), Wydawca: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/c9sm00026g - link to the publication
  16. Multi-level chirality in liquid crystals formed by achiral molecules
    Authors:
    Mirosław Salamończyk, Nataša Vaupotič, Damian Pociecha, Rebecca Walker, John M.D. Storey, Corrie T. Imrie, Cheng Wang, Chenhui Zhu, Ewa Gorecka
    Academic press:
    Nature Communications (rok: 2019, tom: 10, strony: 1922), Wydawca: NPG
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41467-019-09862-y - link to the publication
  17. Remarkable smectic phase behaviour in odd-membered liquid crystal dimers: the CT6O.m series
    Authors:
    R. Walker, D. Pociecha, J. M. D. Storey, E. Gorecka, C. T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C (rok: 2021, tom: 9, strony: 5167-5173), Wydawca: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/d1tc00904d - link to the publication
  18. Spontaneous formation of polarization diffraction gratings in surface-stabilized cells filled with liquid crystal in the modulated nematic phase
    Authors:
    Muhammad Ali, Nataša Vaupotič, Pawel W. Majewski, Ewa Gorecka, Corrie Imrie, Damian Pociecha
    Academic press:
    Proceedings of SPIE (rok: 2019, tom: 10941, strony: 109410T), Wydawca: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1117/12.2505480 - link to the publication
  19. Supramolecular organization of liquid-crystal dimers – bis-cyanobiphenyl alkanes on HOPG by scanning tunneling microscopy
    Authors:
    Klaudyna Krzyżewska, Tomasz Jaroch, Agnieszka Maranda-Niedbała, Damian Pociecha, Ewa Górecka, Ziauddin Ahmed, Chris Welch, Georg H. Mehl, Adam Proń, Robert Nowakowski
    Academic press:
    Nanoscale (rok: 2018, tom: 10, strony: 16201-16210), Wydawca: The Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/c8nr02069h - link to the publication
  20. Twist-Bend Nematic Glasses: The Synthesis and Characterisation of Pyrene-based Nonsymmetric Dimers
    Authors:
    R. Walker, M. Majewska, D. Pociecha, A. Makal, J. M.D. Storey, E. Gorecka, C. T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    ChemPhysChem (rok: 2021, tom: 22, strony: 461-470), Wydawca: Wiley-VCH
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/cphc.202000993 - link to the publication
  21. Controlling spontaneous chirality in achiral materials: liquid crystal oligomers and the heliconical twist-bend nematic phase
    Authors:
    M. M. Majewska, E. Forsyth, D. Pociecha, C. Wang, J. M. D. Storey, C.T. Imrie, E. Gorecka
    Academic press:
    Chemical Communication (rok: 2022, tom: 58, strony: 5285-5288), Wydawca: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/D1CC07012F - link to the publication
  22. Directing Polymorphism in the Helical Nanofilament Phase
    Authors:
    274.W. Park, M. Yang, H. Park, J. M. Wolska, H. Ahn, T. J. Shin, D. Pociecha, E. Gorecka, D. K. Yoon
    Academic press:
    CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL (rok: 2021, tom: 27, strony: 7108-7113), Wydawca: WILEY-VCH
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/chem.202005221 - link to the publication
  23. Heliconical-layered nanocylinders (HLNCs) –hierarchical self-assembly in a unique B4 phaseliquid crystal morphology
    Authors:
    Sasan Shadpour, Ahlam Nemati, Nicola Jane Boyd, Lin Li, Marianne Estelle Prevot, Samantha L. Wakerlin, Julie P. Vanegas, Mirosław Salamończyk, Elda Hegmann, Chenhui Zhu, Mark R. Wilson, Antal I. Jakli, Torsten Hegmann
    Academic press:
    Materials Horizons (rok: 2019, tom: 6, strony: 959-968), Wydawca: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/c9mh00089e - link to the publication
  24. Modeling of the Resonant X-ray Response of a Chiral Cubic Phase
    Authors:
    T. Grabovac, E. Gorecka, D. Pociecha, N. Vaupotič
    Academic press:
    Crystals (rok: 2021, tom: 11, strony: 214), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/cryst11020214 - link to the publication
  25. Chiral columns forming a lattice with a giant unit cell
    Authors:
    P. Rybak, A. Krowczynski, J. Szydlowska, D. Pociecha, E. Gorecka
    Academic press:
    Soft Matter (rok: 2022, tom: 18, strony: 2006-2011), Wydawca: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/D1SM01585K - link to the publication
  26. Multiple Polar and Non-polar Nematic Phases
    Authors:
    S. Brown, E. Cruickshank, J. M. D. Storey, C. T. Imrie, D. Pociecha, M. Majewska, A. Makal, E. Gorecka, Multiple Polar and Non-polar Nematic Phases
    Academic press:
    CHEMPHYSCHEM (rok: 2021, tom: 22, strony: 2506-2510), Wydawca: WILEY_VCH
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/cphc.202100644 - link to the publication
  27. Structure of nanoscale-pitch helical phases: blue phase and twist-bend nematic phase resolved by resonant soft X-ray scattering
    Authors:
    Mirosław Salamończyk, Natasa Vaupotic, Damian Pociecha, Cheng Wang, Chenhui Zhu, Ewa Gorecka
    Academic press:
    Soft Matter (rok: 2017, tom: 13, strony: 6694-6699), Wydawca: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/c7sm00967d - link to the publication
  28. Sulfur-linked cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystaldimers and the twist-bend nematic phase
    Authors:
    Ewan Cruickshank, Mirosław Salamończyk, Damian Pociecha, Grant J.Strachan, John M. D. Storey, Cheng Wang, Jun Feng, Chenhui Zhu, EwaGorecka, Corrie T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    Liquid Crystals (rok: 2019, tom: 46, strony: 1595-1609), Wydawca: Taylor and Francis Ltd
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/02678292.2019.1641638 - link to the publication
  29. Supramolecular liquid crystals exhibiting a chiral twist-bend nematic phase
    Authors:
    R. Walker, D. Pociecha, M. Salamończyk, J. M. D. Storey, E. Gorecka, C. T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    Materials Advances (rok: 2020, tom: 1, strony: 1622), Wydawca: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/d0ma00302f - link to the publication
  30. The role of a terminal chain in promoting the twist-bend nematic phase: the synthesis and characterisation of the 1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl)-6- (4-alkyloxyanilinebenzylidene-4′-oxy)hexanes
    Authors:
    Daniel A. Paterson, Catriona A. Crawford, Damian Pociecha, Rebecca Walker, John M.D. Storey, Ewa Gorecka & Corrie T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    Liquid Crystals (rok: 2018, tom: 45, strony: 13-15), Wydawca: Taylor & Francis Group
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/02678292.2018.1525503 - link to the publication
  31. Twist-Bend Nematogenic Supramolecular Dimers and Trimers Formed by Hydrogen Bonding
    Authors:
    R. Walker, D. Pociecha, A. Martinez-Felipe, J. M. D. Storey, E. Gorecka, C. T Imrie
    Academic press:
    Crystals (rok: 2020, tom: 10, strony: 175), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/cryst10030175 - link to the publication
  32. Azobenzene-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase
    Authors:
    Daniel A. Paterson, Rebecca Walker, Jordan P. Abberley, Jérémy Forestier, William T. A. Harrison, John M. D. Storey, Damian Pociecha, Ewa Gorecka, Corrie T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    Liquid Crystals (rok: 2017, tom: 44, strony: 2060-2078), Wydawca: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/02678292.2017.1366075 - link to the publication
  33. Chirality of Liquid Crystals Formed from Achiral Molecules Revealed by Resonant X-Ray Scattering
    Authors:
    W. Lewandowski, N. Vaupotič, D. Pociecha, E. Górecka, L. M. Liz-Marzán
    Academic press:
    Advanced Materials (rok: 2020, tom: 32, strony: 1905591), Wydawca: WILEY-VCH
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/adma.201905591 - link to the publication
  34. Helical phases assembled from achiral molecules: twist-bend nematic and helical filamentary B4 phases formed by mesogenic dimers
    Authors:
    1.E. Cruickshank, K. Anderson, J. M. D. Storey, C.T. Imrie, E. Gorecka, D. Pociecha, A. Makal, M. M. Majewska
    Academic press:
    Journal of Molecular Liquids (rok: 2022, tom: 346, strony: 118180), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.molliq.2021.118180 - link to the publication
  35. Intrinsically chiral ferronematic liquid crystals: an inversion of the helical twist sense at the chiral nematic – chiral ferronematic phase transition
    Authors:
    D. Pociecha, R. Walker, E. Cruickshank, J. Szydlowska, P. Rybak, A. Makal, J. Matraszek, J. M. Wolska, J. M. D. Storey, C. T. Imrie, E. Gorecka
    Academic press:
    Journal of Molecular Liquids (rok: 2022, tom: 361, strony: 119532), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119532 - link to the publication
  36. Mesomorphic properties of lactic acid derivatives and their racemic mixtures in comparison with analogous non-chiral compounds
    Authors:
    Vladimíra Novotná , Sergey Stulov , Martin Cigl , Věra Hamplová , Ewa Gorecka & Damian Pociecha
    Academic press:
    Liquid Crystals (rok: 2020, tom: 47, strony: 1516-1527), Wydawca: Taylor & Francis
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/02678292.2020.1741040 - link to the publication
  37. Molecular Packing in Double Gyroid Cubic Phases Revealed via Resonant Soft X-Ray Scattering
    Authors:
    14.Y. Cao, M. Alaasar, A. Nallapaneni, M. Salamończyk, P. Marinko, E. Gorecka, C. Tschierske, F. Liu, N. Vaupotič, C. Zhu
    Academic press:
    Physical Review Letters (rok: 2020, tom: 125, strony: 27801), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.027801 - link to the publication
  38. New structural model of a chiral cubic liquid crystalline phase
    Authors:
    N. Vaupotič, M. Salamończyk, J. Matraszek, M. Vogrin, D. Pociecha, E. Gorecka
    Academic press:
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (rok: 2020, tom: 22, strony: 12814-12820), Wydawca: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/D0CP01579B - link to the publication
  39. Remarkable stabilisation of the intercalated smectic phases of nonsymmetric dimers by tert-butyl groups
    Authors:
    R. Walker, D. Pociecha, C. Faidutti, E. Perkovic, J. M. D. Storey, E. Gorecka, C. T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    Liquid Crystals (rok: 2022, tom: 49, strony: 969-981), Wydawca: Taylor & Francis
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/02678292.2022.2055797 - link to the publication
  40. Structure and grating efficiency of thin cells filled by a twist-bend nematic liquid crystal
    Authors:
    M. Ali, E. Gorecka, D. Pociecha, and N. Vaupotič
    Academic press:
    Physical Review E (rok: 2020, tom: 102, strony: 32704), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevE.102.032704 - link to the publication
  41. Study of Liquid Crystals Showing Two Isotropic Phases by 1H NMR Diffusometry and 1H NMR Relaxometry
    Authors:
    Anton Gradišek, Mario Cifelli, Michal Wojcik, Tomaž Apih, Sergey V. Dvinskikh, Ewa Gorecka, Valentina Domenici
    Academic press:
    Crystals (rok: 2019, tom: 9, strony: 178), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/cryst9030178 - link to the publication

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