We report an observation of a new type of a continuous soft matter phase with an orthorhombic symmetry made of polycatenar molecules. The bi-continuous orthorhombic structure with the Pcab symmetry appears by deformation of a double gyroid cubic structure with the Ia3[combining macron]d symmetry.
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Soft Matter
April 2020
Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089, Warsaw, Poland.
We report an observation of a new type of a continuous soft matter phase with an orthorhombic symmetry made of polycatenar molecules. The bi-continuous orthorhombic structure with the Pcab symmetry appears by deformation of a double gyroid cubic structure with the Ia3[combining macron]d symmetry.
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