title: Switching chirality in the assemblies of bio-based amphiphiles solely by varying their alkyl chain length.
abstract: Here we show that chirality inversion can be realized solely by changing the alkyl chain length of sorbitol-alkylamine surfactants. The chirality switch phenomenon is attributed to twisting of a headgroup, which depends on the balance between hydrophobic interaction and torsional stress, resulting in various orientational orders in assemblies and chirality inversion.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. hanbx@iccas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Pei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. hanbx@iccas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. hanbx@iccas.ac.cn and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xinchen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. hanbx@iccas.ac.cn and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Huizhen
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6801-7816
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. hanbx@iccas.ac.cn and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Chunjun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. hanbx@iccas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Zhanrong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. hanbx@iccas.ac.cn and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jianling
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. hanbx@iccas.ac.cn and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Buxing
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9447-9216
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Han