Supramolecular chiral transcription and recognition by mesoporous silica prepared by chiral imprinting of a helical micelle.

Let's twist again: The chirality of a helical propeller-like micelle has been memorized by functional groups on the mesopore surface of chiral mesoporous silicas. Such imprinted supramolecular chirality can be transcripted to poly(propiolic acid) sodium salt and tetraphenylporphine tetrasulfonic acid (see picture), and recognized by B-DNA.