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dc.contributor.authorJiang, W.
dc.contributor.authorAthanasiadou, D.
dc.contributor.authorZhang, S.
dc.contributor.authorDemichelis, Raffaella
dc.contributor.authorKoziara, Katarzyna
dc.contributor.authorRaiteri, Paolo
dc.contributor.authorNelea, V.
dc.contributor.authorMi, W.
dc.contributor.authorMa, J.A.
dc.contributor.authorGale, Julian
dc.contributor.authorMcKee, M.D.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-02T04:05:34Z
dc.date.available2019-12-02T04:05:34Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationJiang, W. and Athanasiadou, D. and Zhang, S. and Demichelis, R. and Koziara, K.B. and Raiteri, P. and Nelea, V. et al. 2019. Homochirality in biomineral suprastructures induced by assembly of single-enantiomer amino acids from a nonracemic mixture. Nature Communications. 10 (1): ARTN 2318.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77066
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41467-019-10383-x
dc.description.abstract

© 2019, The Author(s). Since Pasteur first successfully separated right-handed and left-handed tartrate crystals in 1848, the understanding of how homochirality is achieved from enantiomeric mixtures has long been incomplete. Here, we report on a chirality dominance effect where organized, three-dimensional homochiral suprastructures of the biomineral calcium carbonate (vaterite) can be induced from a mixed nonracemic amino acid system. Right-handed (counterclockwise) homochiral vaterite helicoids are induced when the amino acid l-Asp is in the majority, whereas left-handed (clockwise) homochiral morphology is induced when d-Asp is in the majority. Unexpectedly, the Asp that incorporates into the homochiral vaterite helicoids maintains the same enantiomer ratio as that of the initial growth solution, thus showing chirality transfer without chirality amplification. Changes in the degree of chirality of the vaterite helicoids are postulated to result from the extent of majority enantiomer assembly on the mineral surface. These mechanistic insights potentially have major implications for high-level advanced materials synthesis.

dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherNATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
dc.relation.sponsoredbyhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT180100385
dc.relation.sponsoredbyhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL180100087
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectMultidisciplinary Sciences
dc.subjectScience & Technology - Other Topics
dc.subjectATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPY
dc.subjectSYMMETRY-BREAKING
dc.subjectCHIRAL SELECTION
dc.subjectAMPLIFICATION
dc.subjectINDUCTION
dc.subjectPROTEINS
dc.subjectDYNAMICS
dc.subjectCALCITE
dc.subjectSPECTROSCOPY
dc.subjectORGANIZATION
dc.titleHomochirality in biomineral suprastructures induced by assembly of single-enantiomer amino acids from a nonracemic mixture
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume10
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.issn2041-1723
dcterms.source.titleNature Communications
dc.date.updated2019-12-02T04:05:28Z
curtin.departmentSchool of Molecular and Life Sciences (MLS)
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Science and Engineering
curtin.contributor.orcidRaiteri, Paolo [0000-0003-0692-0505]
curtin.contributor.orcidGale, Julian [0000-0001-9587-9457]
curtin.contributor.orcidDemichelis, Raffaella [0000-0001-9741-213X]
curtin.contributor.researcheridRaiteri, Paolo [E-1465-2011]
curtin.contributor.researcheridDemichelis, Raffaella [H-9193-2012]
curtin.identifier.article-numberARTN 2318
dcterms.source.eissn2041-1723
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridRaiteri, Paolo [6602613407]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridGale, Julian [7101993408]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridDemichelis, Raffaella [24537163700]


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