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Reorientation behavior in the helical motility of light-responsive spiral droplets

Authors :
Federico Lancia
Takaki Yamamoto
Alexander Ryabchun
Tadatsugu Yamaguchi
Masaki Sano
Nathalie Katsonis
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2019.

Abstract

Converting chemical energy into movement is essential to all forms of life, but the molecular processes are yet to be uncovered. Here the authors show a light-responsive reorientation behavior in liquid crystal droplets which stems from dynamic inversion of chirality from molecules to liquid crystals in confinement.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
10
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.4ce28c72cba84e8a8d836a462b78c4da
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13201-6