Twists and turns in the hierarchical self-assembly pathways of a non-amphiphilic chiral supramolecular material

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 May 14;48(38):4552-4. doi: 10.1039/c2cc30789h. Epub 2012 Apr 4.

Abstract

The formation of helical self-assembled fibres by a C(3) symmetric molecule incorporating three tetrathiafulvalene units is shown to be influenced dramatically by the processing conditions, leading to a variety of different chiral forms, including unprecedented croissants.