Spontaneous mirror symmetry breaking is an efficient way to obtain homogeneously chiral
agents, pharmaceutical ingredients and materials. It is also in the focus of the discussion …

Presbyopia is an age-related disorder where the lens of the eye hardens so that focusing on
near objects becomes increasingly difficult. This complaint affects everyone over the age of …

In the recent two decades liquid crystal science has contributed significantly to the
understanding of mirror symmetry breaking and spontaneous emergence of chirality in …

Bent-Shaped Liquid Crystals: Structures and Physical Properties provides insight into the
latest developments in the research on liquid crystals formed by bent-shaped mesogens …

Alkyl chain engineering of polycatenar liquid crystals (LCs), which consist of a rigid aromatic
core with flexible chains at both ends, serves as an effective method for controlling their self …

Spontaneous generation of macroscopic homochirality in soft matter systems by self‐
assembly of exclusively achiral molecules under achiral conditions is a challenging task with …

Bent-core liquid crystals (BCLCs) exhibit unique properties like spontaneous breaking of the
mirror symmetry and polar switching by electric fields, forming the basis of a range of …

Spontaneous or induced chiral symmetry breaking in achiral systems is unusual and
understanding the origin of such a phenomenon has been an important area of research for …

The GAFF-LCFF force field [NJ Boyd et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 24851] is
tested and further improved for use in the simulation of bent-core liquid crystal mesogens …

A series of bent‐shaped 4‐cyanoresorcinol bisterephthalates is reported. Some of these
achiral compounds spontaneously form a short‐pitch heliconical lamellar liquid‐crystalline …