scholarly journals Quasi-planar Chiral Materials for Microwave Frequencies

Author(s):  
Ismael Barba ◽  
A.C.L. Cabeceira ◽  
A.J. Garcia-Collado ◽  
G.J. Molina-Cuberos ◽  
J. Margineda ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel B. Straus ◽  
Robert J. Cava

The design of new chiral materials usually requires stereoselective organic synthesis to create molecules with chiral centers. Less commonly, achiral molecules can self-assemble into chiral materials, despite the absence of intrinsic molecular chirality. Here, we demonstrate the assembly of high-symmetry molecules into a chiral van der Waals structure by synthesizing crystals of C<sub>60</sub>(SnI<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub> from icosahedral buckminsterfullerene (C<sub>60</sub>) and tetrahedral SnI4 molecules through spontaneous self-assembly. The SnI<sub>4</sub> tetrahedra template the Sn atoms into a chiral cubic three-connected net of the SrSi<sub>2</sub> type that is held together by van der Waals forces. Our results represent the remarkable emergence of a self-assembled chiral material from two of the most highly symmetric molecules, demonstrating that almost any molecular, nanocrystalline, or engineered precursor can be considered when designing chiral assemblies.


1975 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.E.N. Davies ◽  
A.Y. Niazi ◽  
D. Lamensdorf

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