Self-assembled silver superlattices create molecular machines with hydrogen-bond 'hinges' and moving 'gears'

Monday, April 7, 2014 - 09:31 in Physics & Chemistry

A combined computational and experimental study of self-assembled silver-based structures known as superlattices has revealed an unusual and unexpected behavior: arrays of gear-like molecular-scale machines that rotate in unison when pressure is applied to them.

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