Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

Chirality

Organic films with a twist

Nature volume 426, pages 615–616 (2003)Cite this article

Left- and right-handed helical molecules form mirror-image chiral crystals on a copper substrate. It seems that the substrate and the molecules work in concert to determine the handedness of the crystal domains.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on SpringerLink
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Figure 1: Left- and right-handed forms of [7]H.

WILEY-VCH

Figure 2: Chirality established.

WILEY-VCH

References

  1. Pasteur, L. Ann. Chim. Phys. 24, 442–459 (1848).

    Google Scholar 

  2. Fasel, R., Parschau, M. & Ernst, K.-H. Angew. Chem. Int. Edn 42, 5178–5181 (2003).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Jacques, J., Collet, A. & Wilen, S. H. Enantiomers, Racemates and Resolutions (Wiley, New York, 1981).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Schipper, P. E. & Harrowell, P. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 105, 723–730 (1983).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Weissbuch, I., Addadi, L., Lahav, M. & Leiserowitz, L. Science 253, 637–645 (1991).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Orme, C. A. et al. Nature 411, 775–779 (2001).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Oda, M. et al. Adv. Mater. 12, 362–365 (2002).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Switzer, J. A., Kothari, H. M., Poizot, P., Nakanishi, S. & Bohannan, E. W. Nature 425, 490–493 (2003).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Humblot, V., Haq, S., Muryn, C., Hofer, W. A. & Raval, R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124, 503–510 (2002).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Stevens, F., Dyer, D. J., Muller, U. & Walba, D. M. Langmuir 12, 5625–5629 (1996).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Hooks, D. E., Fritz, T. & Ward, M. D. Adv. Mater. 13, 227–241 (2001).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. DeFeyter, S. et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Edn 40, 3217–3220 (2001).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. DeFeyter, S. et al. Langmuir 16, 9887–9894 (2000).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Stewart, M. V. & Arnett, E. M. in Topics in Stereochemistry (eds Allinger, N. L., Eliel, E. L. & Wilen, S. H.) 195–262 (Wiley, New York, 1982).

    Google Scholar 

  15. Xu, Q.-M. et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Edn 41, 3408–3411 (2002).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Ernst, K.-H., Kuster, Y., Fasel, R., Muller, M. & Ellerbeck, U. Chirality 13, 675–678 (2001).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue, Minneapolis, 55455-0132, Minnesota, USA

    Michael D. Ward

Authors
  1. Michael D. Ward
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Ward, M. Organic films with a twist. Nature 426, 615–616 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/426615a

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/426615a

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing