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Chirality Induction in Bulk Gold and Silver
Author(s) -
BeharLevy H.,
Neumann O.,
Naaman R.,
Avnir D.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200601702
Subject(s) - chirality (physics) , materials science , metal , photoelectric effect , doping , molecule , circular polarization , nanotechnology , photochemistry , crystallography , optics , organic chemistry , optoelectronics , physics , chemistry , metallurgy , chiral symmetry breaking , quantum mechanics , nambu–jona lasinio model , quark , microstrip
Can a metal be made chiral? Evidence is provided for the induction of chirality in metals doped with chiral molecules (see figure). Gold and silver doped with L ‐glutathione or L ‐quinine or either D ‐ or L ‐tryptophan show clear differences in the emission efficiency of the metal photoelectrons when irradiated with either clockwise or counter‐clockwise circularly polarized UV light.