A three-dimensional model of a molecular system in which a light-driven motor acts as a brake. By changing its shape, it creates a steric barrier that slows the rotation of the attached rotor by a factor of up to 300,000. (IMAGE)

Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IOCB Prague)

A three-dimensional model of a molecular system in which a light-driven motor acts as a brake. By changing its shape, it creates a steric barrier that slows the rotation of the attached rotor by a factor of up to 300,000.

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A three-dimensional model of a molecular system in which a light-driven motor acts as a brake. By changing its shape, it creates a steric barrier that slows the rotation of the attached rotor by a factor of up to 300,000.

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