Mechanism of unidirectional motions of chiral molecular motors driven by linearly polarized pulses

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 12393-12398

  Hoki, Kunihito ^a   Yamaki, Masahiro ^a   Koseki, Shiro ^b   Fujimura, Yuichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; KINETIC ENERGY; LASER PULSES; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CHIRAL MOLECULAR MOTORS; LINEARLY POLARIZED PULSES; RELAXATION EFFECTS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0346058182     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1621622     Document Type: Article

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