弾性体理論を基礎とするキラル単分子膜の相分離理論

抄録

We build a theory of chiral phase separation in Langmuir films by taking into account the clasticity theory of liquid crystals and the mixing free energy of two enantiomers. The theory leads to a striped pattern with random width and sudden change of chirality from one domain to another, which agrees well with the experiment by Eckhardt et. al. [Nature (London) 362, 614 (1993)].