Mechanical engineering at the molecular level: Self-assembly of nano-rotors (w/ Video)

Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 13:32 in Biology & Nature

German scientists from the Technische Universitaet Muenchen have managed to direct the self-assembly of rod-shaped molecules into rotors only few nanometers in size. The tiny systems serve the study of forces that act on molecules on surfaces and in cage-like structures. Their findings are published in the current online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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