First LC-PolScope, then tilted LC-PolScope time lapse of left-handed short rod rafts in an achiral background membrane of long rods shows the metastability of left-handed rafts. LCPolScope imaging indicates that all rafts have similar tilt magnitude at their edges which remains stable over time. Then, tilted LC-PolScope shows that the two rafts on the center-left side are lefthanded and thus counter-twisted. Scale bar is 2 μm.
Joia M. Miller, Chaitanya Joshi, Prerna Sharma, Arvind Baskaran, Aparna Baskaran, Gregory M. Grason, Michael F. Hagan, and Zvonimir Dogic
PNAS. 2019. 116:15792-15801 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1900615116