Enantiomeric interactions between nucleic acid bases and amino acids on solid surfaces

Nature Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 324-328

  Chen, Q ^a   Richardson, N V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AMINO ACIDS; CHEMISORPTION; COPPER; DEPOSITION; DIMERS; HYDROGEN BONDS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

ADENINE; DIASTEREOISOMERS; ENANTIOMERIC INTERACTIONS; PHENYLGLYCINE; VACUUM DEPOSITION;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

ADENINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE; NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; STEREOISOMERISM;

ADENINE; GLYCINE; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0037507147     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat878     Document Type: Letter

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