Conceptual diagram
showing a molecular motor in action. A porphyrin dimer
rotates in the
direction indicated by the solid arrow through injection of electric
current into the
dimer from the probe of a scanning tunneling microscope.
Pioneering Mass Production of Versatile Nanomachines
(September 2, 2015) A
NIMS MANA group and a research team at the Institute for Chemical Research of
Kyoto University jointly fabricated molecular motors on a metal substrate using
supramolecules, and successfully reversed rotation of molecular motors by
rearranging bonding between molecules that constitute a supramolecule.
Abstract
1. A research group consisting of Takashi Uchihashi, MANA
Scientist, Jonathan Hill, MANA Scientist, Tomonobu Nakayama, Unit Director, and
Christian Joachim, MANA Principal Investigator (also a group leader at the
CEMES-CNRS, France), at the NIMS International Center for Materials
Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), along with a research team led by Professor Teruo
Ono at the Institute for Chemical Research of Kyoto University, jointly
fabricated molecular motors on a metal substrate using supramolecules, and successfully
reversed rotation of molecular motors by rearranging bonding between molecules
that constitute a supramolecule.