Mechanics of chirality transfer in biomaterials

摘要

Chirality,the configurational properties of an object that is not superimposable on its mirror image,is a key concept in biology,chemistry,materials science and engineering,physics and many other disciplines.According to Neumann's principle,the absences of mirror symmetry of molecules,arrangements of atoms and protein lattices,microstructures and even morphologies of biological and synthetic materials can have remarkable effects on their geometrical morphologies,physical and chemical properties.