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Interfacial Molecular-level Structures of Polymers and Biomacromolecules Revealed via Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy
Published on: August 13, 2019
Vibrational Circular Dichroism Unravels Supramolecular Chirality and Hydration Polymorphism of Nucleoside Crystals
Monika Krupová1,2, Patrycja Leszczenko1,3, Ewa Sierka1,3
1Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo náměstí 2, 16610, Prague, Czech Republic.
Abstract:
Invited for the cover of this issue are Valery Andrushchenko, Monika Krupová, and co-workers at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (IOCB Prague) of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The image depicts a "crystal city" illuminated by "chiral suns" shining left- and right-circularly polarized light (L-CPL and R-CPL), which reveals differences in the structure of the chiral crystalline "skyscrapers". Designed by Tomáš Belloň @ IOCB Prague. Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/chem.202201922.
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