2007•Angewandte Chemie International EditionRequires access
Chiral Symmetry Breaking by Chemically Manipulating Statistical Fluctuation in Crystallization
Shu‐Ting Wu, Yan‐Rong Wu, Qing‐Qing Kang, Hui Zhang, La‐Sheng Long, Zhiping Zheng, Rong‐Bin Huang, Lan‐Sun Zheng
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Abstract
Breaking out: By introducing a relatively stable intermediate to chemically control the nucleation rate, chiral symmetry breaking was achieved in the crystallization of intrinsically chiral helical coordination polymers. The fewer crystal clusters formed, the more pronounced the symmetry breaking (see picture).