Using corkscrew lasers to separate mirror molecules
Innovative approach could deepen insight into the mysterious handedness of life
13-Dec-2019 -
Many of the molecular building blocks of life have two versions that are mirror images of one another, known as enantiomers. Although seemingly identical, the two enantiomers can have completely different chemical behaviour – a fact that has major implications in our day-to-day lives. For ...
chirality
diastereomers
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