title: Explosive enantiospecific decomposition of aspartic acid on Cu surfaces.
abstract: Aspartic acid adsorbed on Cu surfaces is doubly deprotonated. On chiral Cu(643)R&Sits enantiomers undergo enantiospecific decomposition via an autocatalytic explosion. Once initiated, the decomposition mechanism proceeds via sequential cleavage of the C3-C4 and C1-C2 bonds each yielding CO2, followed by conversion of the remaining species into N[triple bond, length as m-dash]CCH3.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. gellman@cmu.edu.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Mhatre
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. gellman@cmu.edu.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. gellman@cmu.edu.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reinicker
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. gellman@cmu.edu.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karagoz
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. gellman@cmu.edu and W.E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: A J
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6618-7427
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Gellman