Now on the molecular scale: Electric motors

Science Daily  January 11, 2023 An international team of researchers (USA – Northwestern University, Caltech, University of Maine, Switzerland, Italy, UK, Australia) has developed an electric molecular motor that works in solution using chemistry to effectively drive a molecular motor, much like a macroscopic motor. The motor was easy to make, operated quickly and did not produce any waste products. The 2 nanometers wide molecular motor was the first to be produced en masse in abundance. They focused on catenanes held together by powerful mechanical bonds, so the components could move freely relative to each other without falling apart. According […]