Chiral MOF (IMAGE)

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Chiral MOF

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This illustration shows the structure of a nanostructure known as a metal-organic framework or MOF. The structure possesses a handedness (like a right-handed vs. left-handed person), known as 'chirality', that enables researchers to identify the same kind of handedness in molecules that bind within it.

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

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