Amplification of the stereochemistry of biomolecular adsorbates by deracemization of chiral domains in bent-core liquid crystals.

Lee, Guksik; Carlton, Rebecca J; Araoka, Fumito; Abbott, Nicholas L; Takezoe, Hideo · Adv Mater · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

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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