Chiral selection under swirling: From a concept to its realization in soft-matter self-assembly

Authors

  • Josep Claret Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física, Facultat de Química, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia
  • Jordi Ignés-Mullol Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física, Facultat de Química, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia
  • Francesc Sagués Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física, Facultat de Química, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia

Keywords:

chirality, enantiomorphic, vortical stirring, helicity, soft matter

Abstract

Chirality, i.e., the absence of mirror symmetry, is evident in nature and has profound implications in the field of Biology but also in Materials Science. The aim of this contribution is: (i) to concisely present the basic concepts and definitions related to chirality and (ii) to briefly summarize our own research into the induction of chiral selection under vortical motion during the self-assembly of soft-matter aggregates. [Contrib Sci 11(2): 199-205 (2015)]

Keywords: chirality · enantiomorphic · vortical stirring · helicity · soft matter

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Vol. 11 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Soft matter

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