Following Baxter's method of producing Q 72-operator, we construct the Q-operator of the root-of-unity eight-vertex model for the parameter η = 2mK N with odd N where Q 72 does not exist. We use this new Q-operator to study the functional relations through the Fabricius-McCoy comparison between the root-of-unity eight-vertex model and the superintegrable N-state chiral Potts model. By the compa...

Chirality transcription and amplification by the formation of chiral [2]pseudorotaxanes by an achiral crown ether having the 2',2''-quaterphenyl group and chiral sec-ammonium ions are reported. It was revealed that the absolute configurations of the chiral sec-ammonium ions can be detected directly from the CD spectra of the chiral [2]pseudorotaxanes.

Chiral mixed ligand silver nanoclusters were synthesized in the presence of a chiral and an achiral ligand. While the chiral ligand led mostly to the formation of nanoparticles, the presence of the achiral ligand drastically increased the yield of nanoclusters with enhanced chiral properties.

A new chiral tetraphenylethylene derivative with the AIE effect was synthesized and showed not only high enantioselectivity for a wide range of chiral acids but also a high sensitivity of 3.0 × 10(-6) M scale. The enantiomeric purity of chiral acids could be quantitatively determined by this chiral sensor.

We investigate the reflection properties of electromagnetic/optical waves in isotropic chiral media. When the chiral parameter is strong enough, we show that an unusual negative reflection occurs at the interface of the chiral medium and a perfectly conducting plane, where the incident wave and one of reflected eigenwaves lie in the same side of the boundary normal. Using such a property, we fu...

Chiral catalysis is of great industrial interest for the production of enantiomerically pure compounds. Although many homogeneous chiral catalysts have been developed, the difficulty of the product purification and catalyst recycle is one of the obstacles of the practical applications. The design and synthesis of efficient and recyclable heterogeneous chiral catalysts remain the challenges and ...

Since the turn of the twentieth century, it has been recognized that many drugs, agrochemicals, food additives and fragrances are chiral compounds and their chirality may considerably affect their bioactive behavior [1, 2]. The demand has been increasing for new analytical methods with high selectivity and efficiency. Chiral separation has become an attractive and important field in the separat...

A highly stereo- and regioselective functionalisation of chiral non-racemic aziridines is reported. By starting from a parent enantioenriched aziridine and finely tuning the reaction conditions, it is possible to address the regio- and stereoselectivity of the lithiation/electrophile trapping sequence, thereby allowing the preparation of highly enantioenriched functionalised aziridines. From ch...