Construction of liquid-crystalline assemblies with tunable chiroptical properties through tailoring solvophilic chains in polymerization-induced chiral self-assembly
Zhenyang Zhou1, Xiaoxiao Cheng2（程笑笑）*, Zeyu Tang1, Yuqing Wang1, Zixiang He1, Wei Zhang1（张伟）*
1State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional PolymericMaterials, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Novel Functional PolymericMaterials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science,Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
2WPI Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakumamachi, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan.
Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 3880-3883
Abstract: Tuning the type of solvophilic chain and the length of the nucleating segment in polymerization-induced chiral self-assembly drives the formation of azobenzene liquid-crystalline block copolymer assemblies, facilitating tunable chiroptical inversions. The chiral stacking, morphological transitions, and liquid-crystalline ordering of these assemblies were systematically analyzed.
Article information: //doi.org/10.1039/D5CC00118H
