What Are the Specs and Results of the New Single Molecule Nanocar?

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A newly published study details the creation of a nanocar, a single molecule featuring buckyball wheels, developed after several years of research. The nanocar demonstrates significant advancements in organic synthesis and nanomaterials, showcasing its ability to move on a gold sheet. This innovation highlights the rapid progress in the field of nanotechnology over the past decade, emphasizing the potential applications and implications of such developments.
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A group has just published the details of their new nanocar; a single molecule with buckyball wheels. It only took several years of research to build it.

Here are the specs:

http://pubs.acs.org/isubscribe/journals/nalefd/asap/figures/nl051915kf00001.html

And here's the results: the car moving on a gold sheet.

http://pubs.acs.org/isubscribe/journals/nalefd/asap/figures/nl051915kf00002.html
 
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Very neat ! Some amazing work has been happening this last decade in organic synthesis.
 
Brilliant.

Nano materials sure are going ahead in leaps and bounds.
 

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