Zeljko Sljivancanin et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 124(49), 14789-14794 (2002-12-06)
Density functional theory calculations are carried out for the adsorption of a chiral molecule, (S)- and (R)-HSCH(2)CHNH(2)CH(2)P(CH(3))(2), on a chiral surface, Au(17 11 9)(S)(). The S-enantiomer is found to bind more strongly than the R-enantiomer by 8.8 kJ/mol, evidencing that