Making molecular machines work

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-35

  Browne, Wesley R ^a   Feringa, Ben L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL;

ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MOTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REVIEW;

ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MOTION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33847353060     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2006.45     Document Type: Article

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