Three-Dimensional Near-Surface Imaging of Chirality Domains with Circularly Polarized X-rays†
This work was supported by the MEXT of Japan through a grant-in-aid for exploratory research (grant number 19654046). This work was performed at BL39XU in SPring-8 with the approval of the Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI) (proposal numbers 2009A1607, 2009B1586). We acknowledge Y. Nakao, T. Yokobori and H. Matsui for their help in the synchrotron radiation experiment. We also thank S. Tardif for comments regarding a draft of this manuscript.
Graphical Abstract
Imaging of chirality domains: Resonant circularly polarized X-ray diffraction distinguishes crystalline enantiomers (see picture). Control of the penetration depth and microfocusing of X-rays leads to a new visualization technique of the three-dimensional chirality-domain morphology, providing support to the increasing demand for the improvement of inorganic chiral crystal engineering.
