Chiral emergence in multistep hierarchical assembly of achiral conjugated polymers

Kyung Sun Park; Zhengyuan Xue; Bijal B. Patel; Hyosung An; Justin J. Kwok; Prapti Kafle; Qian Chen; Diwakar Shukla; Ying Diao

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30420-6

Nature Communications (May 2022)

Chiral emergence in multistep hierarchical assembly of achiral conjugated polymers

Kyung Sun Park,
Zhengyuan Xue,
Bijal B. Patel,
Hyosung An,
Justin J. Kwok,
Prapti Kafle,
Qian Chen,
Diwakar Shukla,
Ying Diao

Affiliations

Kyung Sun Park: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Zhengyuan Xue: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bijal B. Patel: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hyosung An: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Justin J. Kwok: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Prapti Kafle: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Qian Chen: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Diwakar Shukla: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ying Diao: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30420-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Chiral assembly of achiral building blocks can engender properties without resorting to complex stereochemistry. Here, the authors reveal chiral emergence from achiral semiconducting polymers which pave the way to chiral (opto)electronics.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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