Molecular rotors and motors: recent advances and future challenges

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1042-1048

  Michl, Josef ^a,b   Sykes, E Charles H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATIONS; FUTURE CHALLENGES; LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS; MICROVISCOSITY; MOLECULAR MACHINERY; MOLECULAR MOTORS; MOLECULAR ROTORS; NANO-FOCUS; NANOMACHINES; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SALT LAKE CITY; SINGLE-MOLECULE; SYNTHETIC APPROACH;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; MOTORS; QUANTUM THEORY;

ROTORS;

MOLECULAR MOTOR; NANOMATERIAL;

CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 66949119885     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn900411n     Document Type: Article

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