Entropy driven formation of a chiral liquid crystalline phase of helical filaments
arXiv:cond-mat/0510708 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.018305
Abstract
We study the liquid crystalline phase behavior of a concentrated suspension of helical flagella isolated from {\it Salmonella typhimurium}. Flagella are prepared with different polymorphic states, some of which have a pronounced helical character while others assume a rod-like shape. We show that the static phase behavior and dynamics of chiral helices are very different when compared to simpler achiral hard rods. With increasing concentration, helical flagella undergo an entropy driven first order phase transition to a liquid crystalline state having a novel chiral symmetry.
arXiv comment5 pages, 5 figures. submitted to Physical Review Letters. to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett
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