Synthetic routes toward carborane-wheeled nanocars.
A new set of aryleneethynylene derivatives bearing three, four, and six p-carboranes as potential wheels attached to a semirigid chassis have been designed and synthesized. These molecules are expected to move in predetermined patterns on atomically smooth surfaces, depending on their specific configuration.
Morin
Jean-François
JF
Department of Chemistry, and the Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA.
Sasaki
Takashi
T
Shirai
Yasuhiro
Y
Guerrero
Jason M
JM
Tour
James M
JM
D001880:Boranes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D012399:Rotation
D001880:Boranes