Mechanism of chirality conversion by grinding crystals: Ostwald ripening vs crystallization of chiral clusters

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Uwaha, Makio ^a   Katsuno, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autocatalysis; Chiral cluster; Chirality conversion; Crystallization; Enantiomer; Homochirality; NaClO 3; Racemization

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249094241     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: 13474073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.78.023601     Document Type: Article

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