Amplification of chirality in two-dimensional enantiomorphous lattices

Nature

Volumn 439, Issue 7075, 2006, Pages 449-452

  Fasel, Roman ^a   Parschau, Manfred ^a   Ernst, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOMERS; MIRRORS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMERS; ENANTIOMORPHOUS LATTICES; MOLECULAR MONOLAYERS;

CRYSTAL LATTICES;

CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENANTIOMER; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 31444440235     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04419     Document Type: Article

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