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Alexandra Rieger1, Cédric Sax1, Tobias Bauert1

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Keywords:
2D crystallizationX-ray photoelectron spectroscopyautocatalytic chemistrychiral surfacesdiastereoselectivityinfrared spectroscopytartaric acidthermal desorption spectroscopy

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