Chirality (originated from the Greek word “cheir”, meaning “hand”) is an expression of
nature, which is observed in its various forms. Traditionally, a lack of symmetry is considered …

This review article discusses a link between stereochemistry and structural and
morphological chirality. We present the remarkably frequent, but less often reported, growth …

Chiral discrimination is a phenomenon where one chiral molecule can distinguish the
identical molecule, the molecule which is its mirror image or a different chiral molecule. This …

The relationship of molecular chirality and biology is intriguing. Our curiosity prompts the
question as to why diverse natural biological molecules are overwhelmingly dissymmetric. Is …

The quantum-chemical semiempiric PM3 method is used to calculate the thermodynamic
parameters of clusterization for the racemic α-amino acids C n H2 n+ 1CHNH2COOH with …

In recent experimental studies, a number of morphological features have been revealed on
amphiphilic assemblies that need consideration of the molecular chiral structure and the …

A scanning second harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy technique in conjunction with a
polarization resolved detection scheme is applied to probe the local molecular organization …

Chiral discrimination effects in the monolayer of 1-O-hexadecyl glycerol (3-hexadecyl-oxy-
propane-1, 2-diol) amphiphile are theoretically investigated on the basis of a detailed coarse …

Experiments for adsorbing apolipoproteins (CI and AII) on a phospholipid (DPPC, rac-1, 2-
dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) monolayer were made. Our results indicate that …

The role of dipolar interactions in determining the lipid domain shapes at the air− water
interface with a change in the chemical structure of the head groups of lipids is theoretically …