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SUBMITTER: Matysik SC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9841561 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Matysik Sabine C SC Wales David J DJ Jenkins Stephen J SJ
The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces 20221230 1
Adsorption of chiral molecules on chiral surfaces implies diastereomerism, evident in the adoption of distinct adsorption geometries. We show here that this diastereomerism produces a signature in the motion of chiral molecules desorbing from a chiral surface. The rotations of <i>S</i>- and <i>R</i>-alanine molecules are analyzed upon desorption from <i>R</i>-Cu{531} using first-principles molecular dynamics simulations. <i>S</i>-Ala molecules exhibit a larger angular momentum, with a clear pref ...[more]