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This research aims to understand the formation of chiral structures from achiral or racemic components.

Direct Observation of Enantiomorphous Monolayer Crystals from Enantiomers by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

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Direct observation reveals the formation of chiral structures in monolayers of racemic molecules, suggesting biological implications.

This research aims to understand the formation of chiral structures from achiral or racemic components.
Used scanning tunneling microscopy to capture images of both enantiomers and their racemate.
Analyzed the resulting images to investigate the formation of domains of enantiomerically pure molecules.
Strong evidence shows that racemic mixtures can form chiral domains.
Images illustrate clear differences between the (S) enantiomer and the racemate.

Stevens et al. (1996) studied this question.

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