Abstract
Phthalic acid rapidly crystallizing in thin aqueous films is deposited radially and rhythmically as dendritic banded spherulites that have heterochiral meso-textures in hemi-circles. The chiral fields differentially scatter left and right circularly polarized light. A scenario for chiral amplification and the origin of biomolecular homochirality is thus proposed that combines the influences of crystals and light.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 973-977 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Chirality |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- Biomolecular homochirality
- Circularly polarized light
- Dendritic crystals
- Light scattering
- Phthalic acid
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Analytical Chemistry
- Catalysis
- Pharmacology
- Drug Discovery
- Spectroscopy
- Organic Chemistry