Cis-trans photoisomerization is a key process for many processes in biology and materials science, but only careful and time-consuming quantum chemistry methods can describe such reaction in detail.

DNA-nanoparticle motors are exactly as they sound: tiny artificial motors that use the structures of DNA and RNA to propel motion by enzymatic RNA degradation. Essentially, chemical energy is ...

A research team has developed upconversion nanoparticles to assist in powering molecular motors. The nanoparticles can convert near-infrared radiation, which is capable of penetrating bulk material, ...

In a collaboration with the group of Prof. Ben Feringa at Groningen University, Prof. Hong Zhang and his PhD graduate Dr Kefan Wu at the University of Amsterdam’s Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular ...