Inherent enantioselective adsorption and photocatalytic removal of l -phenylalanine on cerium phosphate films
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Chiral-surface interactions are of immense importance in the field of enantioseparation, as a way of obtaining chirally-pure compounds. Films of both rhabdophane and monazite-phase cerium phosphate in a silica binder were found to exhibit enantioselective adsorption of the chiral amino acid phenylalanine, purifying racemic solutions to 100% of the D-enantiomer. Likewise, using the photocatalytic properties of cerium phosphate led to enriching racemic mixtures to a D-L ratio of 9 : 1.
Source: Chemical Communications
DOI: 10.1039/d5cc01514f
Authors: Nitai Arbell, Shoval Gilboa, Yaron Paz
Institution: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Spectroscopy
Field: Chemistry
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4411242222