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SUBMITTER: Sato H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2790122 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sato Hisako H Yamagishi Akihiko A
International journal of molecular sciences 20091120 10
The Delta- and Lambda-isomerism of octahedral metal complexes is employed as a source of chirality for inducing chiral nematic phases. By applying a wide range of chiral metal complexes as a dopant, it has been found that tris(beta-diketonato)metal(III) complexes exhibit an extremely high value of helical twisting power. The mechanism of induction of the chiral nematic phase is postulated on the basis of a surface chirality model. The strategy for designing an efficient dopant is described, toge ...[more]