In their study, thin-film devices of the chiral superconductor κ-NCS were fabricated to probe the presence of nonreciprocal transport. Remarkably, they observed a giant nonreciprocal signal whose ...

Although chiral structures are chemically identical ... to decipher the molecular patterns—not only through physics and mathematics, but also by trying them out with actual puzzle pieces ...

In a striking demonstration of molecular control, a team of scientists has harnessed light to reverse the twist in self-assembling molecules. The study identifies how trace residual aggregates in ...

It now seems that manmade chiral metamaterials may provide an answer. Two separate research collaborations in the United States and Europe have now independently provided experimental proof that ...

For the study, the research team focused on the self-assembly of a chiral, photoresponsive azobenzene that naturally forms left-handed helical aggregates. The team discovered that the presence of ...