Thermodynamic mechanism for solution phase chiral amplification via a lattice model

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 36, 2009, Pages 15131-15135

  Lombardo, Thomas G ^a   Stillinger, Frank H ^b   Debenedetti, Pablo G ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric; Behavior; Chirality

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CHIRALITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOMER; LIQUID; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHASE TRANSITION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 70349313041     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812867106     Document Type: Article

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