Macroscopic homochiral helicoids self-assembled via screw dislocations

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 6233 - 9
• Main Authors: Wu, Shengfu, Song, Xin, Du, Cong, Liu, Minghua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 24.07.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 147/135; 147/3; 639/301/357/341; 639/638/298/923/966; 639/638/541/966; Annealing; Chirality; Circular polarization; Crystals; Diimide; Humanities and Social Sciences; Microstructure; Morphology; multidisciplinary; Scanning electron microscopy; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Screw dislocations; Self-assembly; Statistical analysis

Chirality is a fundamental property in nature and is widely observed at hierarchical scales from subatomic, molecular, supramolecular to macroscopic and even galaxy. However, the transmission of chirality across different length scales and the expression of homochiral nano/microstructures remain cha...