Step-by-step rotation of a molecule-gear mounted on an atomic-scale axis

Nature Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 576-579

  Manzano, C ^a   Soe, W H ^a   Wong, H S ^a   Ample, F ^b   Gourdon, A ^b   Chandrasekhar, N ^a   Joachim, C ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b CEMES CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ROTATION;

AU(111) SURFACES; FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT; MECHANICAL MACHINES; MOLECULAR MACHINES; MOLECULAR MANIPULATION; RACK AND PINIONS; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPES; SURFACE ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

MOLECULES;

EID: 67649487923     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2467     Document Type: Article

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