Nanotechnology devices: Molecular machines shift into gear

By J. Storrs Hall, on November 4th, 2009

Nanotechnology devices: Molecular machines shift into gear.

An atomically precise gear, rotated by pushing the teeth one at a time with a STM tip.

2 comments to Nanotechnology devices: Molecular machines shift into gear

Dave Gilshenen

November 5th, 2009 at 9:27 PM

One more cog, one less step to go.
Chris Peterson

November 5th, 2009 at 12:10 PM

Not surprisingly, one of the co-authors on this work is Christian Joachim, a Foresight Institute Feynman Prize winner.