Abstract
AbstractPhotoinvertible chiral compounds are synthesized by linking a photoresponsive bisbenzothienylethene moiety with an axially chiral binaphthyl moiety and used as chiral dopants to prepare a photoinvertible chiral nematic liquid crystal (N*‐LC) field. Subsequently, electrochemical polymerizations of ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) in the N*‐LC field to synthesize helical poly(ethylenedioxythiophene)s (H‐PEDOTs) are achieved. The H‐PEDOTs show not only spiral morphologies resembling the fingerprinted texture of N*‐LC in polarizing optical microscope but also bisignate Cotton effects in circular dichroism spectra, indicating the formation of a helically π‐stacked structure in terms of the main chains of H‐PEDOT. In addition, the signs of the bisignate Cotton effect are strictly determined by the helicity of the N*‐LC. The present N*‐LC is the first reaction field exhibiting photoinvertible chirality with extremely high fatigue resistance and serves as an asymmetric medium for electrochemical polymerization, leading to dynamic helicity control of conjugated polymers.
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