Molecular machines : nanomotor rotates microscale objects

R. Eelkema; M.M. Pollard; J. Vicario; N. Katsonis; B. Serrano Ramon; C.W.M. Bastiaansen; D.J. Broer; B.L. Feringa

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Molecular machines : nanomotor rotates microscale objects

R. Eelkema, M.M. Pollard, J. Vicario, N. Katsonis, B. Serrano Ramon, C.W.M. Bastiaansen, D.J. Broer, B.L. Feringa

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Nanomachines of the future will require molecular-scale motors1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 that can perform work and collectively induce controlled motion of much larger objects. We have designed a synthetic, light-driven molecular motor that is embedded in a liquid-crystal film and can rotate objects placed on the film that exceed the size of the motor molecule by a factor of 10,000. The changes in shape of the motor during the rotary steps cause a remarkable rotational reorganization of the liquid-crystal film and its surface relief, which ultimately causes the rotation of submillimetre-sized particles on the film.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	163-
Journal	Nature
Volume	440
Issue number	7081
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/440163a
Publication status	Published - 2006

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