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Content: The physical chemistry of chirality / Janice M. Hicks -- Determination of the structures of chiral molecules using vibrational circular dichroism spectroscopy / P.J. Stephens, F.J. Devlin, and A. Aamouche -- New insight into solution structure and dynamics of proteins, nucleic acids, and viruses from Raman optical activity / L.D. Barron, E.W. Blanch, A.F. Bell, C.D. Syme, L. Hecht, and L.A. Day -- Chirality in peptide vibrations: ab initio computational studies of length, solvation, hydrogen bond, dipole coupling, and isotope effects on vibrational CD / Jan Kubelka, Petr Bour, R.A. Gangani D. Silva, Sean M. Decatur, and Timothy A. Keiderling -- Vibrational transition current density: visualizing the origin of vibrational circular dichroism and infrared intensities / Teresa B. Freedman, Eunah Lee, and Taiping Zhao -- The use of dual polarization modulation in vibrational circular dichroism spectroscopy / Laurence A. Nafie and Rina K. Dukor -- Conformational study of Gramicidin D in organic solvents in the presence of Cations using vibrational circular dichroism / Chunxia Zhao and Prasad L. Polavarapu -- Optical activity: from structure-function to structure prediction / David N. Beratan, Rama K. Kondru, and Peter Wipf -- Optical response of a chiral liquid / A. David Buckingham and Peer Fischer -- Sum-frequency generation at second order in isotropic chiral systems: the microscopic view and the surprising fragility of the signal / Jason Kirkwood, A.C. Albrecht, Peer Fischer, and A.D. Buckingham -- Application of chiral symmetries in even-order nonlinear optics / Andre Persoons, Thierry Verbiest, Sven Van Elshocht, and Martti Kauranen -- X-ray natural circular dichroism: introduction and first results / Robert D. Peacock -- X-ray natural circular dichroism: theory and recent developments / Brian Stewart -- Aspects of molecular chirality observed by scanning probe microscopy / B.A. Hermann, U. Hubler, and H.-J. Güntherodt -- Raising flags: chemical marker group STM probes of self-assembly and chirality at liquid-solid interfaces / Dalia G. Yablon, Hongbin Fang, Leanna C. Giancarlo, and George W. Flynn -- A spectroscopic study of chiral discrimination in jet-cooled van der Waals complexes / K. Le Barbu, F. Lahmani, and A. Zehnacker -- Spontaneous generation of chirality via chemistry in two dimensions / I. Weissbuch, L. Leiserowitz, and M. Lahav -- Chirality at well-defined metal surfaces / Gary A. Attard, Jean Clavilier, and Juan M. Feliu -- Enantiospecific properties of chiral single-crystal surfaces / Joshua D. Horvath, Andrew J. Gellman, David S. Sholl, and Timothy D. Power -- Single molecule absolute chirality determination, isomerization, and asymmetric induction at a silicon surface / D.J. Moffatt, G.P. Lopinski, D.D.M. Wayner, and R.A. Wolkow -- Chiral autocatalysis and selectivity in the vicinity of solid surfaces / Dilip K. Kondepudi -- Chirality in giant phospholipid tubule formation / Britt N. Thomas, Janet E. Kirsch, Chris M. Lindemann, Robert C. Corcoran, Casey L. Cotant, and Phillip J. Persichini.

the Physical Chemistry Of Chirality Touches On Many Different Chemical Fields And As These Fields Become Increasingly Sophisticated There Is A Need For An Updated Molecular-level Text About How The Chemistry Actually Takes Place. This Volume Fills That Need By Providing Current Information On A Variety Of Topics, Including Chiral Recognition, Spectroscopy, Vibrations Of Chiral Molecules, Chiral Surfaces And Theoretical Issues In Chirality.

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twenty-two Chapters Discuss The Physical Chemistry Of Chirality, Vibrations Of Chiral Molecules, Advances In Chiral Spectroscopy, New Approaches In Chiral Recognition, And Surface Chirality And Chiral Nanostructures. Various Instrumental And Theoretical Approaches Are Represented. Numerous Diagrams Illustrate The Findings. Each Paper Contains An Abstract. The Contributors Are Chemists, Physicists, And Other Scientists From North America, Europe, And Israel. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com)

Annotation The physical chemistry of chirality touches on many different chemical fields and as these fields become increasingly sophisticated there is a need for an updated molecular-level text about how the chemistry actually takes place. This volume fills that need by providing current information on a variety of topics, including chiral recognition, spectroscopy, vibrations of chiral molecules, chiral surfaces and theoretical issues in chirality New advances in experimental and theoretical physical chemistry have made possible many innovations in the study of chiral molecules, nano-structures and surfaces of solids.