title: Symmetry breaking in the self-assembly of partially fluorinated benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamides.
abstract: The interplay of two subsequent aggregation processes results in a symmetry-breaking phenomenon in an achiral self-assembling system. Partially fluorinated benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide molecules self-assemble into a racemic mixture of one-dimensional P- and M-helical aggregates, followed by bundling into optically active higher-order aggregates or fibers.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Patrick J M
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Stals
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Korevaar
authors.forename: Martijn A J
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gillissen
authors.forename: Tom F A
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: de Greef
authors.forename: Carel F C
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Fitié
authors.forename: Rint P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Sijbesma
authors.forename: Anja R A
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Palmans
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Meijer