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Molecular motor controls chirality

By James Urquhart2011-02-10T19:00:00

diagram showing how clockwise rotation of the rotor around the axle, by photochemically and thermally induced steps, controls the position and helical orientation of the catalytic groups A and B, providing sequentially I, II, and III with different activi

Controlling the chirality of a molecule can be achieved using a light-driven molecular motor, say scientists in the Netherlands