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Chirality Induced by Magnetoelectrolysis

I. Mogi^a, R. Aogaki^b, R. Morimoto^c, K. Watanabe^a

^aInstitute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
^bPolytechnic University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5196, Japan
^c Saitama Prefectural Okubo Water Filtration Plant, Saitama 338-0814, Japan

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Surface chiral formation of Cu films was investigated in the galvanostatic electrodeposition under a magnetic field of 5 T perpendicular to the electrode surface. The surface chirality was examined by electrochemical voltammograms of a chiral molecule of tartaric acid. The chiral induction depended on the magnetoelectrodeposition time, and this implied that the formation of the self-organized state of magnetohydrodynamic flows around the electrode is crucial for the chiral formation.

DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.126.380
PACS numbers: 47.35.Tv