• 文献标题:   Encoding Enantiomeric Molecular Chiralities on Graphene Basal Planes
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MENG YQ, FAN JBA, WANG MH, GONG WB, ZHANG JP, MA JP, MI HY, HUANG Y, YANG S, RUOFF RS, GENG JX
  • 作者关键词:   amino acid, chiral recognition, chirality, composite, graphene
  • 出版物名称:   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIEINTERNATIONAL EDITION
  • ISSN:   1433-7851 EI 1521-3773
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  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1002/anie.202117815 EA FEB 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Graphene has demonstrated broad applications due to its prominent properties. Its molecular structure makes graphene achiral. Here, we propose a direct way to prepare chiral graphene by transferring chiral structural conformation from chiral conjugated amino acids onto graphene basal plane through pi-pi interaction followed by thermal fusion. Using atomic resolution transmission electron microscopy, we estimated an areal coverage of the molecular imprints (chiral regions) up to 64 % on the basal plane of graphene (grown by chemical vapor deposition). The high concentration of molecular imprints in their single layer points to a close packing of the deposited amino acid molecules prior to "thermal fusion". Such "molecular chirality-encoded graphene" was tested as an electrode in electrochemical enantioselective recognition. The chirality-encoded graphene might find use for other chirality-related studies and the encoding procedure might be extended to other two-dimensional materials.