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Herein, we report a series of optically active Cd\u2010glutamate coordination complexes synthesized from D\u2010, L\u2010, and racemic DL\u2010glutamate ligands and systematically investigate how ligand stereochemistry governs their structural organization and alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance. Density functional theory (DFT) identifies an oxygen\u2010coordinated Cd\u2010glutamate configuration as the thermodynamically preferred structure, while comprehensive characterization supports that ligand chirality subtly modulates the local coordination symmetry, morphology, and electronic environment without altering the Cd\n                    <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n                    oxidation state. Electrochemical measurements reveal that the D\u2010derived complex exhibits the highest HER activity compared to the L and DL counterparts, delivering a low overpotential of 188\u00a0mV at 10\u00a0mA cm\n                    <jats:sup>\u22122<\/jats:sup>\n                    with a Tafel slope of 148\u00a0mV dec\n                    <jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>\n                    , together with the lowest charge\u2010transfer resistance and excellent long\u2010term electrochemical stability. Comparative DFT calculations further indicate that ligand chirality and the HOMO\u2013LUMO gap alone do not directly account for the enhanced HER activity of D1, suggesting that its superior performance arises from the combined effects of chirality\u2010dependent local coordination, structural organization, morphology, and interfacial properties.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/smll.76010","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,4]],"date-time":"2026-10-04T13:24:42Z","timestamp":1791120282000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Regulating the Local Coordination of Cd\u2010Glutamate Through Ligand Chirality for Efficient Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution"],"prefix":"10.1002","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1312-5465","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aslam","family":"Hossain","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Students Campus Trakia University Stara Zagora Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8552-103X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhengyou","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Smart Materials Research Institute Southern Federal University  Rostov Oblast Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1671-5580","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Soorya","family":"Sreedevi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Travancore Engineering College  Kollam Kerala India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1692-9909","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mariya E.","family":"Ivanova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Students Campus Trakia University Stara Zagora Bulgaria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8411-0546","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"A. 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