Construction of liquid-crystalline assemblies with tunable chiroptical properties through tailoring solvophilic chains in polymerization-induced chiral self-assembly

Abstract

Tuning the type of solvophilic chain and the length of the nucleating segment in polymerization-induced chiral self-assembly drives the formation of azobenzene liquid-crystalline block copolymer assemblies, facilitating tunable chiroptical inversions. The chiral stacking, morphological transitions, and liquid-crystalline ordering of these assemblies were systematically analyzed.