Chiral phonons are groups of atoms that move in a circular direction when excited by an energy source, such as heat. As the ...

Mechanical strain is one of the most common tools used to tailor the properties of materials. In piezoelectric materials, ...

Chirality, a property where structures have a distinct left- or right-handedness, allows natural semiconductors to move charge and convert energy with high efficiency by controlling electron spin and ...

A team of chemists has made significant strides in the field of mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs). Their work showcases the development of a compact catenane with tuneable mechanical chirality ...

Chirality is a fundamental property of matter that determines many biological, chemical and physical phenomena. Chiral solids, for example, offer exciting opportunities for catalysis, sensing and ...

Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of chiral organogermanes. The scheme shows different chirality types: carbon stereogenic centers (α, β, γ), a germanium‑stereogenic center, axial chirality, planar ...

Researchers have discovered that mechanical strain also induces chirality in non-chiral crystals, opening a new direction to ...

The recognition of chirality in bioactive molecules is as old as modern organic chemistry itself. Pioneering work by Jean-Baptiste Biot, Louis Pasteur, Emil Fischer, and J. vant Hoff established ...

The strength of a coupling between nuclear spins depends on chirality, or handedness, of the molecule, according to a new study by researchers at UCLA, Arizona State University, Penn State, MIT and ...

Chiral technology has advanced from the days of Pasteur’s separations of single enantiomers by tweezers to automated systems and chiral catalysts, with the result that most drugs today are synthesized ...