Open AccessInducing Helical Chirality by Deforming Hexanuclear Metalloprismatic Structures
Author(s) -
Bruno Therrien,
Georg SüßFink
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.2008.514
Subject(s) - chirality (physics) , twist , crystallography , materials science , geometry , physics , chemistry , mathematics , chiral symmetry breaking , quantum mechanics , nambu–jona lasinio model , quark
A comparative structural study of eleven empty and eight filled hexanuclear metalloprismatic cages reveals helical chirality depending on the twist angle between the upper and lower triangles defined by three metal centres.