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Versatile molecular motor pulls off two feats instead of the usual one

A new design enables molecule to either rotate or emit light.
PMMA film under illumination with a blue LED light source

Spin and shine: lights (bottom) illuminate a film (yellow and green) containing molecular motors. Credit: Nong Hoang

A molecular motor can either produce a bright glow or rotate about its axis, depending on the colour of light illuminating it1.

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Nature 611, 429 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03538-2

References

  1. Pfeifer, L., Hoang, N. V., Crespi, S., Pshenichnikov, M. S. & Feringa, B. L. Sci. Adv. 8, eadd0410 (2022).

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