Molecular machinery: synthesis of a "nanodragster".
The synthesis and imaging by scanning tunneling microscopy of a mixed wheeled nanovehicle composed of a p-carborane small-wheeled short front axle and a C(60) large-wheeled long rear axle that has been termed a nanodragster due to the structural relation to a dragster are reported. This nanodragster is expected to exhibit motion at a lower temperature than pure C(60)-wheeled nanocars and should allow the investigation of the role played by p-carborane wheels in directional motion.
Vives
Guillaume
G
Departments of Chemistry, Rice University, MS 222, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
Kang
Jungho
J
Kelly
Kevin F
KF
Tour
James M
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