Anmerkungen:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:
Fundamentals of chirality -- Surface symmetry and structure -- Surface energy and surface stress -- Asymmetric adsorption on achiral substrates -- Asymmetric adsorption on chiral substrates -- Chiral amplification -- Asymmetric heterogeneous catalysis -- Optical consequences of surface chirality -- Magnetic consequences of surface chirality -- Chiral electronic states in two dimensions -- Postscript