Molecular alignment and chirality in gaseous streams and vortices

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 291-297

  Su, Tzu Min ^a   Palazzetti, Federico ^b,c   Lombardi, Andrea ^b   Grossi, Gaia ^b   Aquilanti, Vincenzo ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enantiomeric enrichment; Molecular beams; Supersonic beams

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED MOLECULES; CHIRAL DISCRIMINATION; CHIRAL SELECTIVITY; ENANTIOMERIC-ENRICHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; ROTATING BODIES; SUPERSONIC BEAMS; TRANSLATIONAL-ROTATIONAL MOTION;

CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMERS; MOLECULAR BEAMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; VORTEX FLOW;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84883488192     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-013-0249-x     Document Type: Article

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