It was believed that it was impossible to differentiate the enantiomers of a chiral molecule using helical light beams - until now that is, thanks to a group of uOttawa researchers. For nearly 20 ...
image: Chiral molecules - compounds that are mirror images of each other -- play an important role in biological processes and in chemical synthesis. Chemists at ETH Zurich have now succeeded for the ...
Some molecules can exist in two mirror-image forms, similar to our hands. Although such so-called enantiomers have almost identical physical properties, they are not the same. The fact that they ...