Single-molecule insights into surface-mediated homochirality in hierarchical peptide assembly
Most chiral molecules and structures in living organisms exist as single enantiomers, but why? Here, the authors investigated surface-mediated homochirality on the single-molecule level and show that it can be triggered by the chirality unbalance of two adsorption configuration monomers.
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Main Authors: | Yumin Chen, Ke Deng, Shengbin Lei, Rong Yang, Tong Li, Yuantong Gu, Yanlian Yang, Xiaohui Qiu, Chen Wang |
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Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2018
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/e6e2d89a896d41eaa890bf65f7e37fe0 |
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