Abstract
(Figure Presented) Let's twist again! Torsion is a chiral deformation. It can turn achiral objects into chiral ones, and discriminate between left-handed and right-handed chiral objects. This article focuses on the significance of carbon nanotubes which can be elastically twisted by 180 without breaking and act as a single-molecule torsional pendulum (see transmission electron micrograph).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1405-1407 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | ChemPhysChem |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 17 Jul 2006 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry