Crystallization of Amino Acids on Self-Assembled Monolayers of Rigid Thiols on Gold

• DOI: 10.1021/la025704w
• Publication Date: 2002-07-28T21:28:34Z
• Authors: Alfred Y. Lee; Abraham Ulman; Allan S. Myerson
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of rigid biphenyl thiols are employed as heterogeneous nucleants for the crystallization of l-alanine and dl-valine. Powder X-ray diffraction and interfacial angle ...