An unusual class of molecules could revolutionise the electronics industry

Gemma Solomon and her research group at the University of Copenhagen has shown – through computer modelling – that these molecules conduct electricity, not linearly, but in a circular fashion. This behaviour is due to a quantum mechanical effect known as electrohelicity, which in this case causes electrons in molecules to move in a helical fashion, spiralling around the molecule.” “Today, research in molecular electronics, in terms of using single molecules, is still at a conceptual stage”, says Dr Solomon.

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