The Pm/3n cubic and other low-symmetry Frank–Kasper phases are known to be formed by soft spheres, ranging from metals to block copolymer micelles and colloidal nanoparticles. Here, we report a series of X-shaped polyphiles composed of sticky rods and two non-symmetric branched side-chains, which self-assemble into...

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anie.202203447

Here, we report the relationship between helical pitch of the helical nanofilament (HNF) phase formed by bentcore molecule NOBOW and the concentration of achiral dopants 5CB and octane, using linearly polarized resonant soft X-ray scattering (RSoXS). Utilizing theory-based simulation, which fits well with the experi...

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01525

Published in:PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 2022, 125, 027801-027807  Abstract:  The bicontinuous double gyroid phase is one of the nature’s most symmetric and complex structures, the electron density map of which was established long ago. By utilizing small-angle x-ray scattering, resonant soft x-ray scattering at the c...

https://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.027801