Chiral order from achiral molecules

Science

Volumn 279, Issue 5358, 1998, Pages 1872-1873

  Heppke, Gerd ^a   Moro, Dirk ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; LIQUID CRYSTAL; NOTE; OPTICAL ROTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032549784     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5358.1872     Document Type: Note

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