The paper on crystallization of the optically active X-shaped molecule based on planar chiral [2.2]paracyclophane was published in Science.

Synchronous, uniaxial, and stepwise growth of micrometer-scale skeletal single crystals were achieved to obtain vessel-shaped crystals.

This vessel-shaped crystal can be used as a microscopic “vessel” that can hold a tiny volume of liquid.

This work was done by collaboration with Profs Y. Yamamoto and H. Yamagishi (Tsukuba University), AIST, and Rigaku.

“Synchronous Assembly of Chiral Skeletal Single-crystalline Microvessels”

Oki, O.; Yamagishi, H.; Morisaki, Y.; Inoue; R.; Ogawa, K.; Miki, N.; Norikane, Y.; Sato, H.; Yamamoto, Y.

Science 2022, 377(6606), 673-678

DOI: 10.1126/science.abm9596