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Going Beyond the Physical: Instilling Chirality onto the Electronic Structure of a Metal
Author(s) -
Mulligan Andrew,
Lane Ian,
Rousseau Gilles B. D.,
Johnston Shona M.,
Len David,
Kadodwala Malcolm
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.200462265
Subject(s) - chirality (physics) , ethylamine , metal , electronic structure , molecule , surface (topology) , chemical physics , adsorption , nanotechnology , content (measure theory) , reactivity (psychology) , chemistry , materials science , physics , computational chemistry , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , geometry , mathematics , quark , medicine , mathematical analysis , chiral symmetry breaking , alternative medicine , pathology , nambu–jona lasinio model
Look below the surface : An adsorbed chiral molecule, 1‐(1‐naphthyl)ethylamine, reversibly instills chirality onto the electronic structure of a copper surface (see picture), a previously unobserved phenomenon. Conveying chirality onto the electronic structure of a metal surface is a possible mechanism by which chemical reactivity and electrical properties may be made chirally dependent.