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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 105, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.034502
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SFB 613]
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Isomeric molecules that only differ in the spatial orientation of their constituents are called stereoisomers. We demonstrate that different stereoisomers are transported typically at different velocities in a fluid streaming through a straight microchannel. As the underlying mechanism, we identify a translation-rotation coupling in the motion of the molecules which is specific for the molecule structure. This effect can be exploited for the separation of stereoisomers, a task of immense importance in biotechnology and pharmaceutics.
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