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Two-dimensional chirality at liquid–solid interfaces†

Johannes A. A. W. Elemans,a   Inge De Cat,a   Hong Xua  and  Steven De Feyter*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Division of Molecular and Nano Materials, and INPAC-Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200-F, Belgium
E-mail: Steven.DeFeyter@chem.kuleuven.be
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Abstract

This tutorial review highlights the formation of chiral molecular patterns at the liquid–solid interface, revealed at the submolecular level with scanning tunnelling microscopy. It is shown that chiral patterns can be formed by both chiral and achiral molecules. The assembly of mixtures of mirror-image-like molecules gets special attention. Finally, non-standard methods to induce surface chirality in achiral systems are discussed.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B800403J
Article type
Tutorial Review
Submitted
02 Sep 2008
First published
08 Jan 2009

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2009,38, 722-736

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Two-dimensional chirality at liquid–solid interfaces

J. A. A. W. Elemans, I. De Cat, H. Xu and S. De Feyter, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2009, 38, 722 DOI: 10.1039/B800403J

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