Influence of step faceting on the enantiospecific decomposition of aspartic acid on chiral Cu surfaces vicinal to Cu{111}.
A D ReinickerA J TherrienT J LawtonR AliE C H SykesAndrew J GellmanPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2018)
On surfaces vicinal to Cu{111}, l-aspartic acid (l-Asp) adsorption causes steps to facet enantiospecifically into {310}R and {320}S steps. l-Asp has its highest heat of adsortion on surfaces that naturally expose the {310}R or {320}S steps but decomposes preferentially on the {310}R steps.