Single-walled carbon nanotubes with a helical twist have been separated into samples enriched in either the left- or right-handed forms. Many exciting experiments await these sorted nanotubes, but first we need to decide what to call them.
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Strano, M. Sorting out left from right. Nature Nanotech 2, 340–341 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2007.157
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