G Rapenne et al 2006 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18 S1797 doi:10.1088/0953-8984/18/33/S02
G Rapenne, J P Launay and C Joachim
Show affiliationsA mono-molecular machine is a molecule designed to perform a function providing energy, data and/or orders to the molecule. A 'monumentalization' approach (the synthesis of very large molecules) is used to synthesize technomimetic molecules, i.e. molecules able to transpose macroscopic objects and their motions at the molecular level, and grants access to the study of the mechanical properties of a single molecule. This paper focuses on the mechanical molecular machines developed in our group which are controlled one at a time by the tip of a scanning tunnelling microscope, like the molecular wheelbarrow and the molecular gear, or in the future by an atomic force microscope, as in the case of the molecular motor.
Issue 33 (23 August 2006)
Received 15 December 2005, in final form 22 February 2006
Published 4 August 2006
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