Molecular Microchip Motor

Keep in mind that there are as many nanoseconds in a second as there are seconds in 31.7 years. That’s an indication of the nanoscale, which makes a one nanometer electrical motor somewhat easier to conceptualize than to see. This is what chemists at Tufts University have created-the world’s smallest electrical motor, made of a single butyl methyl sulfide molecule, which spins according to its temperature. The inventors suppose this motor may be useful in creating novel medical devices.     MORE

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