Thai Thayumanavan, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Thai Thayumanavan, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

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Chemist Thai Thayumanvan at UMass Amherst and his team have developed a reversible molecular control that responds only when they apply a source of energy, in this case light, which is rare in artificial systems. Usually 'you can't put the genie back into the bottle' in synthetic systems, he notes.

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