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Preparation of Chiral Surfaces from Achiral Molecules by Controlled Symmetry Breaking
Author(s) -
Berg Ava M.,
Patrick David L.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200461833
Subject(s) - chirality (physics) , molecule , enantiomer , chiral symmetry breaking , graphite , liquid crystal , symmetry (geometry) , chemical physics , adsorption , enantioselective synthesis , materials science , chemistry , nanotechnology , symmetry breaking , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , physics , catalysis , nambu–jona lasinio model , quantum mechanics , optoelectronics , mathematics , geometry
Chiral control without chirality : The adsorption of achiral liquid‐crystal molecules to graphite substrates can generate surfaces with controlled enantiomeric excess and absolute chirality in the presence of a magnetic field, which assists in orienting the molecules. Unlike conventional approaches for chiral control, no chiral inputs are needed.