Imprinted Networks as Chiral Pumps

Details Imprinted Networks as Chiral Pumps Imprinted Networks as Chiral Pumps

2001-01-12

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0101180v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

4 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.5309

We investigate the interaction between a chirally imprinted network and a solvent of chiral molecules. We find, a liquid crystalline polymer network is preferentially swollen by one component of a racemic solvent. This ability to separate is linked to the chiral order parameter of the network, and can be reversibly controlled via temperature or a mechanical deformation. It is maximal near the point at which the network loses its imprinted structure. One possible practical application of this effect would be a mechanical device for sorting mixed chiral molecules.

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