Self-assembly of L-cysteine for chiral recognition of mandelic acid in gas phase.

Hui-Shi Guo, Xiao-Yu Han, Woo-Sik Kim

Department of Chemistry, Shaoguan University, Shaoguan 512005, China.

Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology 2012 Dec

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This study demonstrates a new approach for the selective recognition of chiral mandelic acid by quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) using L-cysteine as the selector. The modification of L-cysteine on the QCM sensor was identified using resonant frequency detection, the contact angle, cyclic voltammetry, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements. The chiral recognizability of L- and D-MA on the L-cysteine-modified surface was examined using QCM detection integrated with a vapor diffused molecular assembly reaction technique. The present chiral recognition results suggest that the L-cysteine is a good resolving agent for detecting chiral mandelic acid.

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Hui-Shi Guo, Xiao-Yu Han, Woo-Sik Kim. Self-assembly of L-cysteine for chiral recognition of mandelic acid in gas phase. Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology. 2012 Dec;12(12):8874-8