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November 14, 2016

Light drives single-molecule nanoroadsters
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 08, 2016
Scientists at Rice University and at the University of Graz, Austria, are driving three-wheeled, single-molecule "nanoroadsters" with light and, for the first time, seeing how they move. The Rice lab of nanocar inventor and chemist James Tour synthesized light-driven nanocars six years ago, but with the aid of experimental physicists in Austria, they're now able to drive fleets of single-molecule vehicles at once. A report on the work appears in the American Chemical Society journal ACS Nano. "It ... read more

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