Coherent collective precession of molecular rotors with chiral propellers

Nature Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 806-809

  Tabe, Yuka ^a   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; GLYCEROL; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOLAYERS; PROPELLERS; THERMAL NOISE;

BIOMEMBRANES; MOLECULAR MOTION;

ROTORS;

EID: 0344444183     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1017     Document Type: Article

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