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Chiral Symmetry Breaking by Chemically Manipulating Statistical Fluctuation in Crystallization
Author(s) -
Wu ShuTing,
Wu YanRong,
Kang QingQing,
Zhang Hui,
Long LaSheng,
Zheng Zhiping,
Huang RongBin,
Zheng LanSun
Publication year - 2007
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.200703443
Subject(s) - crystallization , symmetry breaking , chiral symmetry breaking , nucleation , chemical physics , spontaneous symmetry breaking , crystallography , symmetry (geometry) , materials science , polymer , theoretical physics , chemistry , physics , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics , organic chemistry , mathematics , geometry
Breaking out : By introducing a relatively stable intermediate to chemically control the nucleation rate, chiral symmetry breaking was achieved in the crystallization of intrinsically chiral helical coordination polymers. The fewer crystal clusters formed, the more pronounced the symmetry breaking (see picture).