Mirror, Mirror (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Mirror, Mirror

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This rendering shows opposite configurations in the molecular structure of a plant hormone called jasmonic acid (gray and red) that are bound to nanostructures (gold and blue) called MOFs, or metal-organic frameworks.

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(Credit: S. Lee, E. Kapustin, O. Yaghi/Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley)

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