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Light near surface of ultra-thin optical fibers can sort twisted nanoparticles

phys.org·Tokyo University of Science·about 1 month ago
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Nature Communications (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71585-8"> CNP. Credit: Nature Communications (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71585-8 Many important objects in the world can be divided into two categories based on their chirality or handedness, including molecules important for life such as amino acids. Such chiral objects (formally defined as objects which are not identical to their mirror images) are often characterized by a structure which twists in a given direction. An everyday example of a chiral object is a screw. A right-handed screw moves into a material when rotated clockwise, but its mirror image (i.e., a left-handed screw) moves out. Just as right- and left-handed screws behave differently when turned, chiral particles behave differently when exposed to light with a circular polarization.…

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