Scientists have come up with the world’s smallest tiny four-wheeled vehicle, which is in the form of a molecule and uses electrons to move forward.
To create the new nanocar, the team of scientists including Ben Feringa, University of Groningen in the Netherlands along with Karl-Heinz Ernst, Syuzanna Harutyunyan and Nathalie Katsonis, attached four molecular motors to a synthetic molecule.
The motors operate as pedal wheels, which when excited electrically, propel the whole system over a copper surface, Discovery News reported.
The energetic electrons when shot at the tiny car change the rotor shapes, moving them along a fraction of a nanometer.
The motors are controlled individually, giving them directionality similar to steering in a macro-scale car.
“This is the first example where you really have a motor function,” said Feringa, who led the nano-vehicle’s creation.
To create the new nanocar, the team of scientists including Ben Feringa, University of Groningen in the Netherlands along with Karl-Heinz Ernst, Syuzanna Harutyunyan and Nathalie Katsonis, attached four molecular motors to a synthetic molecule.
The motors operate as pedal wheels, which when excited electrically, propel the whole system over a copper surface, Discovery News reported.
The energetic electrons when shot at the tiny car change the rotor shapes, moving them along a fraction of a nanometer.
The motors are controlled individually, giving them directionality similar to steering in a macro-scale car.
“This is the first example where you really have a motor function,” said Feringa, who led the nano-vehicle’s creation.
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