The phenomenon is called chirality, and the molecules that have this property are called chiral molecules. For the latter ones, this means that the left-handed and the right-handed molecules, also ...

The handedness of small organic molecules has fascinated many generations of scientists, particularly owing to the pioneering contributions of Louis Pasteur and Emil Fischer. Modern science has ...

The creation of a negative refractive index — responsible for a host of interesting phenomena, including negative refraction, the inverse Doppler effect and reverse Čerenkov radiation ...

Chirality is a fundamental property of asymmetry in nature, where an object or molecule cannot be superimposed onto its mirror image. In the context of nanotechnology, chirality refers to the ...

The Chirality memory effect of the ferromagnetic domain wall. The chirality of the helical spin structure is memorized in the ferromagnetic domain walls in the ferromagnetic state. Disclaimer ...

A new patterned spintronic emitter enables room-temperature control of terahertz wave polarization.

Ferroelectrics at the nanoscale exhibit a wealth of polar and sometimes swirling (chiral) electromagnetic textures that not only represent fascinating physics, but also promise applications in ...

Researchers explore the idea that molecular patterns in individual cells could underlie the development of a left and a right in animals. Leo Wan’s cultured mouse cells didn’t look right. Or rather, ...