On the physical basis of asymmetry and homochirality

Chirality

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 894-908

  Cintas, Pedro ^a   Viedma, Cristõbal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

attrition enhanced deracemization; cosmic asymmetry; crystallization; environmental conditions; phase transitions; physical homochirality; sublimation

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ASYMMETRY; ATOM; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COSMOS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; MOLECULE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACEMIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84867846411     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: 1520636X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chir.22028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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