Chirality—often described as "handedness"—is a fundamental property of nature, underlying the behavior of molecules ranging ...

(Upper panel) Experimental scheme. When a chiral gold nanoparticle is illuminated with near-infrared linearly polarized femtosecond light pulses, circularly polarized luminescence is observed in the ...

Researchers at Kumamoto University have discovered that a purely inorganic crystal grown from water solution can emit ...

Why do spearmint and caraway seeds smell so differently, although their main scent molecules are almost identical? Why can a medicine save lives, while its mirror image is ineffective or even harmful?

Chirality -- a geometric property that allows molecules to exist in two distinct forms that are chemically identical but are 3D mirror images of each other, like a right and left hand -- has a ...

Researchers demonstrate reversible switching of supramolecular chirality using light, enabling new design strategies for optical and electronic materials. (Nanowerk News) Self-assembly or ...

Researchers have discovered new ways to bend light to improve optical applications such as sensors, displays, and next-generation photonic devices. Chirality is the property where objects exist in ...

Just when scientists thought they knew everything about crystals, a Northwestern University and University of Wisconsin-Madison collaboration has uncovered a hidden secret. Centrosymmetric crystals ...

A new imaging technique uses circularly polarised light to visualise chiral structures, improving analysis of biological samples, materials, and active substances. (Nanowerk News) Why do spearmint and ...

When the mice inhaled the particles, the treatment eliminated 95% of the viruses from their lungs, allowing them to resist infection for up to three days. There are two types of chirality: left- and ...

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