title: Synthetic routes toward carborane-wheeled nanocars.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, and the Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA.
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Morin
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shirai
authors.forename: Jason M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Guerrero
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tour
mesh_terms: D001880:Boranes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D012399:Rotation
chemical_list: D001880:Boranes