Molecular chirality at surfaces

KH Ernst - physica status solidi (b), 2012 - Wiley Online Library
With the adsorption of larger molecules being increasingly tackled by surface scientists, the
aspect of chirality often plays a role. This paper gives a topical review of molecular chirality …

Chirality in adsorption on solid surfaces

F Zaera - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In the present review we survey the main advances made in recent years on the
understanding of chemical chirality at solid surfaces. Chirality is an important topic, made …

Enantiomer surface chemistry: conglomerate versus racemate formation on surfaces

S Dutta, AJ Gellman - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Research on surface chirality is motivated by the need to develop functional chiral surfaces
for enantiospecific applications. While molecular chirality in 3D has been the subject of study …

From Short‐to Long‐Range Chiral Recognition on Surfaces: Chiral Assembly and Synthesis

X Peng, Y Zhang, X Liu, Y Qian, Z Ouyang, H Kong - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Research on chiral behaviors of small organic molecules at solid surfaces, including chiral
assembly and synthesis, can not only help unravel the origin of the chiral phenomenon in …

Selective Formation of Homochiral Dimers by Intermolecular Charge Transfer on a hBN Nanomesh

X Hao, T Zhang, M Niu, X Han, H Yang, Q Zhang… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this study, a comprehensive characterization was conducted on a chiral starburst
molecule (C57H48N4, SBM) using scanning tunneling microscopy. When adsorbed onto the …

Theoretical Modeling of the Metal‐Organic Precursors of Anthracene‐Based Covalent Networks on Surfaces

J Lisiecki, P Szabelski - ChemPhysChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Surface‐assisted fabrication of molecular network architectures has been a promising route
to low‐dimensional materials with unique physicochemical properties and functionalities …

Surface Diffusion Aided by a Chirality Change of Self‐Assembled Oligomers under 2D Confinement

A Bera, S Henkel, J Mieres‐Perez… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chirality switching of self‐assembled molecular structures is of potential interest for
designing functional materials but is restricted by the strong interaction between the …

Direct observation of enantiospecific substitution in a two-dimensional chiral phase transition

B Yang, Y Wang, H Cun, S Du, M Xu… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Initial stages of a chiral phase transition in the monolayer of a quinacridone derivative on the
Au (111) surface were investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy at submolecular …

Tuning structural and mechanical properties of two-dimensional molecular crystals: the roles of carbon side chains

H Cun, Y Wang, S Du, L Zhang, L Zhang, B Yang… - Nano …, 2012 - ACS Publications
A key requirement for the future applicability of molecular electronics devices is a resilience
of their properties to mechanical deformation. At present, however, there is no fundamental …

Biomolecules at interfaces: chiral, naturally

A González-Campo, DB Amabilino - Biochirality: Origins, Evolution and …, 2013 - Springer
Interfaces are a most important environment in natural and synthetic chemistries for a wide
variety of processes, such as catalysis, recognition, separation, and so on. Naturally …