title: Stimuli responsive chiral liquid crystal phases of phenylboronic acid functionalized rodlike viruses and their interaction with biologically important diols.
abstract: The rodlike M13 viruses with chemically decorated phenylboronic acid moieties form pH responsive chiral nematic liquid crystal (LC) phases. Binding with biologically important diols results in LC phases with microstructures that closely correlate with the molecular structure of the diols and can be conveniently discerned by visual cues.
authors: Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education, and Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China. zkzhang@nankai.edu.cn.
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Cao
authors: Shuaiyu
authors: S
authors: Liu
authors: Jie
authors: J
authors: Xiong
authors: Yingjun
authors: Y
authors: Chen
authors: Zhenkun
authors: Z
authors: Zhang
mesh_terms: D017104:Bacteriophage M13 / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D001897:Boronic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D002396:Catechols / Q000737:chemistry; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D050866:Liquid Crystals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008859:Microscopy, Polarization; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013388:Succinimides / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001897:Boronic Acids; D002396:Catechols; D013388:Succinimides; C010686:benzeneboronic acid; C034221:catechol; C001426:N-hydroxysuccinimide