A novel phase sequence for the transition from the double diamond to the double gyroid cubic phases via two noncubic intermediate phases, an orthorhombic Fmmm (O69) phase and a hexagonal P63/m (H176) phase, is reported for specifically designed bolapolyphiles composed of a linear rod-like bistolane core with sticky ...

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jacs.2c10462

Bicontinuous and multicontinuous network phases are among nature’s most complex structures in soft matter systems. Here, a chiral bicontinuous tetragonal phase is reported as a new stable liquid crystalline intermediate phase at the transition between two cubic phases, the achiral double gyroid and the chiral tripl...

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jacs.2c01511

The Pm3n cubic and other low-symmetry Frank–Kasper phases are known to be formed by soft spheres, ranging from metals to block copolymer micelles and colloidal nanoparticles. Here, we report a series of X-shaped polyphiles composed of sticky rods and two non-symmetric branched side-chains, which self-assemble into ...

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anie.202203447

Liquid state self-assembly is important for the understanding of the complex structures developed in abiogenesis and biogenesis as well as for numerous potential technological applications. Herein we report the first body-centered cubic liquid crystalline phase with 8-connected network topology and open octahedral n...

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anie.202008784

​The bicontinuous double gyroid phase is one of the nature’s most symmetric and complex structures, the electron density map of which was established long ago. By utilizing small-angle x-ray scattering, resonant soft x-ray scattering at the carbon K edge and model-dependent tensor-based scattering theory, we have ...

https://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.027801