Role of step stiffness and kinks in the relaxation of vicinal (001) with zigzag [110] steps

Templated Growth of a Homochiral Thin Film Oxide

“…Synthesis often involves making a racemic mixture of the drug and then separating the two enantiomers, which can be a time-consuming and expensive part of this $1.2 trillion industry . This has led to great interest in enantioselective reactions that eliminate the need for product separations and most recently the potential for enantioselective heterogeneous processes. − Toward this goal, surface science has played a crucial role in developing our understanding of enantioselective surfaces and the interactions between molecules and surfaces, which enables a more complete understanding of the fundamental connection between surface structure and enantiospecific behavior. − This approach has been used to study the transfer of surface chirality to adsorbates, or vice versa , as well as using chiral arrays of molecules to impart enantioselectivity to achiral surfaces. − …”