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Emerging Solvent‐Induced Homochirality by the Confinement of Achiral Molecules Against a Solid Surface
Author(s) -
Katsonis Nathalie,
Xu Hong,
Haak Robert M.,
Kudernac Tibor,
Tomović Željko,
George Subi,
Van der Auweraer Mark,
Schenning Albert P. H. J.,
Meijer E. W.,
Feringa Ben L.,
De Feyter Steven
Publication year - 2008
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.200800255
Subject(s) - homochirality , monolayer , chirality (physics) , scanning tunneling microscope , solvent , molecule , chemistry , chemical physics , crystallography , nanotechnology , stereochemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , physics , enantiomer , particle physics , nambu–jona lasinio model , chiral symmetry breaking , quark
One hand mapping : By means of scanning tunneling microscopy, solvent‐induced homochirality is shown to emerge in self‐assembled monolayers of achiral molecules at the liquid–solid interface (see picture). The chirality of the solvent directs the macroscopic chirality of the monolayer. The dynamics of the monolayer structure as it evolves towards homochirality are probed by time‐dependent measurements.