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

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 crystal...

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Main Authors: Federico Lancia, Takaki Yamamoto, Alexander Ryabchun, Tadatsugu Yamaguchi, Masaki Sano, Nathalie Katsonis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13201-6