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Elastic fields stretch the understanding of chiral molecular crystals
Elastic fields stretch the understanding of chiral molecular crystals

A team led by a researcher from Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo has devised a two-dimensional crystal model to determine the effect of topological transitions on chiral molecular crystals. They found that the interaction between steric anisotropy and chiral twisting produces an emergent electric field. This provides a switch for the mechanical control of material properties, which is hoped will allow for the design of tunable molecular and colloidal crystals.

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