Main description:

In this book, the author demonstrates that double-helix formation and fibril film formation occur on solid surfaces as a result of the catalytic effect of the liquid-solid interface of the newly synthesized helicene oligomer. In addition, he shows that the double helix produced at the liquid-solid interface can be diffused into a solution to form a self-assembling material by means of mechanical stirring. Both types of formation are new chemical phenomena unique to liquid-solid interfaces not found in solutions.
Detailed results are provided for new chemical reactions at liquid-solid interfaces, and gleaned from experiments performed using synthetic organic molecules. The book offers a useful reference guide to elucidating reaction mechanisms for researchers whose work involves chemical phenomena at a liquid-solid interface.

Contents:

1. Introduction.- 2. Fibril Film Formation of Pseudoenantiomeric Oxymethylenehelicene Oligomers at the Liquid-Solid Interface.- 3. Mechanical Stirring Induces Heteroaggregate Formation and Self-assembly of Pseudoenantiomeric Oxymethylenehelicene Oligomers in Solution.- 4. Proximate Stochastic Chiral Symmetry Breaking by Racemic Oxymethylenehelicene Oligomers.- 5. Conclusions.- 6. Experimental Section.