A novel phase sequence for the transition from the double diamond to the double gyroid cubic phases via two noncubic intermediate phases, an orthorhombic Fmmm (O69) phase and a hexagonal P63/m (H176) phase, is reporte...

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jacs.2c10462

Bicontinuous and multicontinuous network phases are among nature’s most complex structures in soft matter systems. Here, a chiral bicontinuous tetragonal phase is reported as a new stable liquid crystalline intermedi...

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jacs.2c01511

The Pm3n cubic and other low-symmetry Frank–Kasper phases are known to be formed by soft spheres, ranging from metals to block copolymer micelles and colloidal nanoparticles. Here, we report a series of X-shaped poly...

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anie.202203447

Liquid state self-assembly is important for the understanding of the complex structures developed in abiogenesis and biogenesis as well as for numerous potential technological applications. Herein we report the first ...

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anie.202008784

​The bicontinuous double gyroid phase is one of the nature’s most symmetric and complex structures, the electron density map of which was established long ago. By utilizing small-angle x-ray scattering, resonant sof...

https://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.027801