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The contribution expands the way in which chiral entities relate to each other in stimulus-sensitive intelligent materials.
A new article has been published in Angewandte Chemie, one of the top journals in the field of Chemistry. This represents the fifth publication made in recent months by CiQUS researchers from Helical Polymers Group in this journal.
The study employs warfare echoes, including terms such as “sergeants and soldiers” or “chiral conflict”. In this way, the authors aim to illustrate the confrontations between molecular components in helical polymers to address the sense of the spiral rotation in the material.
Battlefield of chiral communication
The study makes a “Game of Thrones” analogy to determine who is governing the structure of the polymers. In this game, the different components fight to gain control over the structure of the material. These components are named “sergeants” or “soldiers” depending on the role they play at the time, which may differ depending on external alliances or environmental factors. In some cases, the struggle may end in a stalemate.
The contribution is a new milestone in the chiral communication in macromolecules, a research line led by Emilio Quiñoá and Félix Freire. The group has discovered and named new developments in these nanomaterials, becoming a world reference in this area. Its potential applications range from the development of new sensors to the storage of data at molecular level.