Research reveals a new mechanism to transfer chirality between molecules in the nanoscale field

Date 26th, Apr 2022
Source Phys.org - Scientific News Websites

DESCRIPTION

If we compare the right to the left hand, we can see these are specular images—that is, like symmetrical shapes reflected in a mirror—and they cannot superimpose on each other. This property is chirality, a feature of the matter that plays with the symmetry of biological structures at different scales, from the DNA molecule to the tissues of the heart muscle.