Emerging Solvent‐Induced Homochirality by the Confinement of Achiral Molecules Against a Solid Surface

Abstract

One hand mapping: By means of scanning tunneling microscopy, solvent-induced homochirality is shown to emerge in self-assembled monolayers of achiral molecules at the liquid–solid interface (see picture). The chirality of the solvent directs the macroscopic chirality of the monolayer. The dynamics of the monolayer structure as it evolves towards homochirality are probed by time-dependent measurements. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.