First enantioseparation and circular dichroism spectra of Au38 clusters protected by achiral ligands

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 3; no. 1; p. 798
• Main Authors: Dolamic, Igor, Knoppe, Stefan, Dass, Amala, Bürgi, Thomas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 24.04.2012; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Pub. Group
• Subjects: 639/638/11; 639/638/403/935; 639/638/440; Anisotropy; Catalysis; Humanities and Social Sciences; Liquid chromatography; multidisciplinary; Optics; Science; Science (multidisciplinary)

Bestowing chirality to metals is central in fields such as heterogeneous catalysis and modern optics. Although the bulk phase of metals is symmetric, their surfaces can become chiral through adsorption of molecules. Interestingly, even achiral molecules can lead to locally chiral, though globally ra...