Researchers  at the Institute for Molecular Science, Riken, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Suranaree University and Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology fabricated a novel solid-state spin filtering device that sandwiches a thin layer of artificial molecular motors (Figure 1).   Because the artificial molecular motors demonstrate 4 times chirality inversion by light irradiation ...

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