Experimental demonstration of a single-molecule electric motor

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 625-629

  Tierney, Heather L ^a   Murphy, Colin J ^a   Jewell, April D ^a   Baber, Ashleigh E ^a   Iski, Erin V ^a   Khodaverdian, Harout Y ^a   McGuire, Allister F ^a   Klebanov, Nikolai ^a   Sykes, E Charles H ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRACTION MOTORS;

DIRECTIONAL MOTION; ELECTRICAL DEVICES; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; EXTERNAL ENERGY SOURCES; MOLECULAR MACHINES; MOLECULAR MOTORS; MOLECULAR SCALE; SINGLE MOLECULE;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

BUTYL METHYL SULFIDE; COPPER; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MICROSCOPE; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80455173883     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2011.142     Document Type: Article

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