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Title: Struktury chiralne zbudowane z niechiralnych molekuł    (Chiral stuctures form achiral molecules)
Call:    22 (2016-09-15), ST5, Maestro
Project leader:    prof. dr hab. Ewa Górecka
Applicant:    Uniwersytet Warszawski; Wydział Chemii:
Project ID:    344155,    2016/22/A/ST5/00319
Project Start:    2017-04-18    Project End:    2023-04-17

  1. M. Salamończyk, N. Vaupotič, D. Pociecha, C. Wang, C. Zhu, E. Gorecka, ‘Structure of nanoscale-pitch helical phases: blue phase and twist-bend nematic phase resolved by resonant soft X-ray scattering’, Soft Matter, 38, 6694-6699 (2017). DOI: 10.1039/C7SM00967D
  2.  D. A. Paterson, R. Walker, J. P. Abberley, J. Forestier, J. M. D. Storey, D. Pociecha, E. Gorecka, C. T. Imrie, ‘Azobenzene-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist bend nematic phase’, Liq. Cryst., 44, 2060-2078 (2017). DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2017.1366075
  3.  J. P. Abberley, R. Killah, R. Walker, J. M. D. Storey, C. T. Imrie, M. Salamończyk, C. Zhu, E. Gorecka, D. Pociecha, ‘Heliconical smectic phases formed by achiral molecules’, Nat. Commun., 9, 228, (2018). doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02626-6
  4. J. Szydłowska, A. Sitkiewicz, E. Nazaruk, D. Pociecha, P. Krzyczkowska, A. Krówczyński, E. Gorecka, ‘Fluorescent and charge transport properties of columnar phases made of mono and bi-phenazine derivatives’, Soft Matter, 14, 2104 – 2111, (2018). DOI: 10.1039/c7sm02087b
  5. R. Walker, D. Pociecha, J.P. Abberley, A. Martinez-Felipe, D.A. Paterson, E. Forsyth, G.B. Lawrence, P.A. Henderson, J.M.D. Storey, E. Gorecka, C.T. Imrie, ‘Spontaneous chirality through mixing achiral components: A twist-bend nematic phase driven by hydrogen-bonding between unlike components’, Chem. Commun., 54, 3383 – 3386, (2018). DOI: 10.1039/C8CC00525G
  6. D. A. Paterson, C. Crawford, D. Pociecha, R. Walker, J. M. D. Storey, E. Gorecka, C. T. Imrie, “The role of a terminal chain in promoting the twist-bend nematic phase: the synthesis and characterisation of the 1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl)-6-(4-alkyloxyanilinebenzylidene-4′- oxy)hexanes”, Liq. Cryst. 45, 2341-2351, (2018). DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2018.1525503
  7. K. Krzyzewska,  T. Jaroch,  A. Maranda-Niedbała,  D. Pociecha,  E. Gorecka,  Z. Ahmed,  C. Welch,  G. H. Mehl,  A. Pron,  R. A. Nowakowski, „Supramolecular organization of liquid-crystal dimers – bis-cyanobiphenyl alkanes on HOPG by scanning tunneling microscopy”, Nanoscale, 10, 16201-16210, (2018), DOI: 10.1039/C8NR02069H
  8.  D. Pociecha, C. Crawford, D. A. Paterson, J. M. D. Storey, C. T. Imrie, N. Vaupotič, E. Gorecka, ‘Critical behavior of the optical birefringence at the nematic to twist bend nematic phase transition’, Phys. Rev. E, 98, 052706, (2018). Doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.98.052706
  9. M. Salamończyk, R. J. Mandle, A. Makal, A. Liebman-Pelaez, J. Feng, J.W. Goodby, C. Zhu, Double helical structure of the twist-bend nematic phase investigated by resonant X-ray scattering at the carbon and sulfur K-edges, Soft Matter, 14, 9760, (2019). 10.1039/c8sm01215f
  10. M. Salamończyk, N. Vaupotič, D. Pociecha, R. Walker, J. M. D. Storey, C. T. Imrie, C. Wang, C. Zhu, E. Gorecka, „Multi-level chirality in liquid crystals formed by achiral molecules”, Nat. Commun. 10:1922, (2019)
  11. A. Gradišek, M. Cifelli, M. Wojcik, T. Apih, S. V. Dvinskikh, E. Gorecka, V. Domenici,           Study of Liquid Crystals Showing Two Isotropic Phases by 1H NMR Diffusometry and 1H NMR Relaxometry, Crystals, 9, 178, (2019). 10.3390/cryst9030178
  12.  R. Walker, D. Pociecha, G. Strachan, J. M. D. Storey, E. Gorecka, C. T. Imrie, “Molecular curvature, specific intermolecular interactions and the twist bend nematic phase: the synthesis and characterisation of the 1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl)-6-(4-alkylanilinebenzylidene-4′-oxy)hexanes (CB6O.m)’, Soft Matter, 15, 3188-3197, (2019). DOI: 10.1039/C9SM00026G
  13. E. Cruickshank, M. Salamończyk, D. Pociecha, G. J Strachan, J. M. D. Storey, C. Wang, J. Feng, C. Zhu, E. Gorecka, C. T. Imrie, „Sulfur-linked cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase”, Liq. Cryst. 104, 1595-1609, (2019). DOI:10.1080/02678292.2019.1641638
  14. S. Shadpour, A. Nemati, N. J. Boyd, L. Li, M. E. Prevot, S. L. Wakerlin, J. P. Vanegas, M. Salamończyk, E. Hegmann, C. Zhu, M. R. Wilson, A. I. Jakli, T. Hegmann,             Heliconical-layered nanocylinders (HLNCs) –hierarchical self-assembly in a unique B4 phaseliquid crystal morphology, Mater. Horizons, 6, 959-968, (2019).             10.1039/c9mh00089e
  15. R. Walker,  D. Pociecha, J. M. D. Storey,  E. Gorecka,  C. T. Imrie, ‘The Chiral Twist‐Bend Nematic Phase (N*TB)’, Chem. Europ. J., 25, 13329-13335 (2019). DOI:10.1002/chem.201903014
  16. M. Ali, N. Vaupotič, P. W. Majewski, E. Gorecka, C. Imrie, D. Pociecha, „Spontaneous formation of polarization diffraction gratings in surface-stabilized cells filled with liquid crystal in the modulated nematic phase,” Proc. SPIE, 10941, 109410T, (2019); doi: 10.1117/12.2505480
  17. S. Shadpour, A. Nemati, M. Salamonczyk, M. E. Prévôt, J. Liu, N. J. Boyd, M. R. Wilson, C. Zhu, E. Hegmann, A. I. Jákli, T. Hegmann,      Missing Link between Helical Nano- and Microfilaments in B4 Phase Bent-Core Liquid Crystals, and Deciphering which Chiral Center Controls the Filament Handedness, Small, 1, 1905591, (2019). 10.1002/smll.201905591
  18. R. Walker, D. Pociecha, C. A. Crawford, J. M. D. Storey, E. Gorecka, C. T. Imrie,” Hydrogen bonding and the design of twist-bend nematogens”, J. Mol. Liq., 303, 112630, (2020). DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.112630
  19. R. Walker, D. Pociecha, A. Martinez-Felipe, J. M. D. Storey, E. Gorecka, C. T Imrie, ‘Twist-Bend Nematogenic Supramolecular Dimers and Trimers Formed by Hydrogen Bonding’, Crystals, 10, 175, (2020). DOI: 10.3390/cryst10030175
  20. E. Forsyth, D. A. Paterson, E. Cruickshank, G. J. Strachan, E. Gorecka, R. Walker, J.M.D. Storey, C. T. Imrie, J. Mol. Liq. 320, 114391, (2020). 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114391
  21.  V. Novotná, S. Stulov, M. Cigl, V. Hamplová, E. Gorecka, D. Pociecha, ‘Mesomorphic properties of lactic acid derivatives and their racemic mixtures in comparison with analogous non-chiral compounds’, Liq. Cryst., 47, 1516-1527, (2020): DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2020.1741040
  22.  J. Matraszek, D. Pociecha, N. Vaupotič, M. Salamończyk, M. Vogrin, E. Gorecka, ‘Bi-continuous orthorhombic soft matter phase made of polycatenar molecules’, Soft Matter, 16, 3882-3885, (2020). DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00331J
  23.  N. Vaupotič,  M. Salamończyk, J. Matraszek, M. Vogrin, D. Pociecha, E. Gorecka, ‘New structural model of a chiral cubic liquid crystalline phase’, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 22, ‏ 12814-12820, (2020). DOI: 10.1039/D0CP01579B
  24. Y. Cao, M. Alaasar, A. Nallapaneni, M. Salamończyk, P. Marinko, E. Gorecka, C. Tschierske, F. Liu, N. Vaupotič, C. Zhu,            Molecular Packing in Double Gyroid Cubic Phases Revealed via Resonant Soft X-Ray Scattering, Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 027801, (2020).           10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.027801
  25.  W. Lewandowski, N. Vaupotič, D. Pociecha, E. Górecka, L. M. Liz-Marzán, ‘Chirality of liquid crystals formed from achiral molecules revealed by resonant X-ray scattering’, Adv. Mater., 1905591, (2020). DOI:10.1002/adma.201905591
  26. R. Walker, D. Pociecha, M. Salamończyk, J. M. D. Storey, E. Gorecka, C. T. Imrie, ‘Supramolecular Liquid Crystals Exhibiting a Chiral Twist-Bend Nematic Phase’, Mater. Adv., 1, 1622-1630, (2020). DOI:10.1039/D0MA00302F
  27. M. Ali, E. Gorecka, D. Pociecha, and N. Vaupotič, „Structure and grating efficiency of thin cells filled by a twist-bend nematic liquid crystal”, Phys. Rev. E 102, 032704 (2020) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.102.032704
  28. R. Walker,  M. Majewska, D. Pociecha,  A. Makal, J. M.D. Storey,  E. Gorecka,  C. T. Imrie, ‘Twist‐bend nematic glasses: the synthesis and characterisation of pyrene‐based nonsymmetric dimers’, ChemPhysChem, 22, 461-470 (2021). doi: 10.1002/cphc.202000993
  29. T. Grabovac, E. Gorecka, D. Pociecha, N. Vaupotič, ‘Modelling of the resonant X-ray response of a chiral cubic phase’, Crystals, 11, 214, (2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11020214
  30. W. Park,  M. Yang,  H. Park,  J. M. Wolska,  H. Ahn, T. J. Shin,  D. Pociecha,  E. Gorecka,  D. K. Yoon, Directing Polymorphism in the Helical Nanofilament Phase, Chem. Eur. J., 27, 7108-7113, (2021). doi:10.1002/chem.202005221
  31.  R. Walker, D. Pociecha, J. M. D. Storey, E. Gorecka, C. T. Imrie, Remarkable smectic phase behaviour in odd-membered liquid crystal dimers: The CT6O.m series. : J. Mater. Chem. C, 9, 5167, (2021). doi:10.1039/d1tc00904d
  32. D. Pociecha, N. Vaupotič, M. Majewska, E. Cruickshank, R. Walker, J. M. D. Storey, C. T. Imrie, C. Wang, E. Gorecka, Photonic band gap in achiral liquid crystals – a twist on a twist, Adv. Mater. 33, 2103288, (2021). doi:10.1002/adma.202103288
  33. S. Brown, E. Cruickshank, J. M. D. Storey, C. T. Imrie, D. Pociecha, M. Majewska, A. Makal, E. Gorecka, Multiple Polar and Non-polar Nematic Phases, ChemPhysChem, 22, 2506-2510, (2021), doi:10.1002/cphc.202100644
  34. E. Cruickshank, K. Anderson, J. M. D. Storey, C.T. Imrie, E. Gorecka, D. Pociecha, A. Makal, M. M. Majewska, Helical phases assembled from achiral molecules: twist-bend nematic and helical filamentary B4 phases formed by mesogenic dimers, J. Mol. Liq. 346,  118180, (2022). doi: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.118180.
  35. E. Cruickshank, K. Anderson, J. M. D. Storey, C.T. Imrie, E. Gorecka, D. Pociecha, A. Makal, M. M. Majewska, Helical phases assembled from achiral molecules: twist-bend nematic and helical filamentary B4 phases formed by mesogenic dimers, J. Mol. Liq. 346,  118180, (2022). doi: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.118180.
  36. P. Rybak, A. Krowczynski, J. Szydlowska, D. Pociecha, E. Gorecka, Chiral columns forming a lattice with a giant unit cell, Soft Matter, 18, 2006-2011, (2022). doi: 10.1039/D1SM01585K
  37. M. M. Majewska, E. Forsyth, D. Pociecha, C. Wang, J. M. D. Storey, C.T. Imrie, E. Gorecka, Controlling spontaneous chirality in achiral materials: liquid crystal oligomers and the heliconical twist-bend nematic phase, Chem. Commun. 58, 5285-5288, (2022). doi:10.1039/D1CC07012F
  38.  R. Walker, D. Pociecha, C. Faidutti, E. Perkovic, J. M. D. Storey, E. Gorecka, C. T. Imrie, Remarkable stabilisation of the intercalated smectic phases of nonsymmetric dimers by tert-butyl groups, Liq. Cryst. 49, 969-981, (2022). doi: 10.1080/02678292.2022.2055797.
  39. A. F. Alshammari, D. Pociecha, R. Walker, J. M. D. Storey, E. Gorecka and C. T. Imrie, New patterns of twist-bend liquid crystal phase behaviour: the synthesis and characterisation of the 1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4’-yl)-10-(4-alkylanilinebenzylidene-4’-oxy)decanes (CB10O.m), Soft Matter, 18, 4679-4688, (2022). doi 10.1039/D2SM00162D.
  40.  D. Pociecha, R. Walker, E. Cruickshank, J. Szydlowska, P. Rybak, A. Makal, J. Matraszek, J. M. Wolska, J. M. D. Storey, C. T. Imrie, E. Gorecka, Intrinsically chiral ferronematic liquid crystals: an inversion of the helical twist sense at the chiral nematic – chiral ferronematic phase transition, J. Mol. Liq., 361, 119532, (2022). doi: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119532
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