The effect of isotopic substitution on the chirality of a self-assembled helix

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-46

  Cantekin, Seda ^a   Balkenende, Diederik W R ^a   Smulders, Maarten M J ^a   Palmans, Anja R A ^a   Meijer, E W ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; DEUTERIUM; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AMIDES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DEUTERIUM; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; POLYMERS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 78650367793     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.889     Document Type: Article

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