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Technology Research News
August 13, 2003 |
Molecule makes ring rotor Researchers from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland have interlocked large, ring-shaped molecules to make a molecular rotor that moves in only one direction. The molecule could eventually be used as a nanoscale motor or winch.   |
Chemistry World
February 16, 2012
Simon Hadlington |
'Proton grease' speeds up molecular rotor A molecular rotor whose spin can be accelerated 10-million-fold when its mechanism is 'lubricated' by protons has been synthesized by chemists in the US. |
Technology Research News
March 26, 2003
Eric Smalley |
Molecule toggle makes nano logic A popular trend in technology research is copying nature, and another source of inspiration is the world of everyday objects. Researchers at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories have proposed a series of molecules that work like ordinary light switches. |
Chemistry World
March 9, 2007
Michael Gross |
Nanowires go Round the Bend Chemists have bent an apparently linear molecular wire into a closed circle, creating a conducting ring just 3 nanometers across. |
CIO
November 15, 2000
Sara Shay |
Gearing Up In a ploy to immortalize themselves in the Guinness Book of World Records, a team of engineers in Michigan created a 6-foot by 12-foot clock replete with 11 working gears, made entirely of ice... |
Chemistry World
April 24, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
Researchers 'See' Catalyst Molecules at Work Researchers have for the first time 'watched' in real time single molecules of catalyst participating in a reaction at a solid-liquid interface. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 33
David Bradley |
The Miniature Rotarians Tiny interlocking wheels are the components of a miniscule molecular rotor designed and built by UK chemists. The submicroscopic invention offers a new motor-like component for those hoping to build nanotechnology from the bottom up. |
Chemistry World
August 29, 2006
Simon Hadlington |
Bacteria Put New Spin on Micromotors Researchers have used motile bacteria to rotate a microscopic motor made from silicon. The team believes that their system -- fuelled by glucose -- is the first micromechanical device to integrate inorganic materials with living bacteria. |
