Towards a light driven molecular assembler
Date | 23rd, Jul 2019 |
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Source | EurekAlert - Scientific News Websites |
DESCRIPTION
A team of chemists at Kiel University (Germany) built the first artificial assembler, which uses light as the energy source. These molecular machines are performing synthesis in a similar way as biological nanomachines. Advantages are fewer side products, enantioselectivity, and shorter synthetic pathways since the mechanosynthesis forces the molecules into a predefined reaction channel.