Molecular engines on metal surfaces: Efficient movement without liquids enables precise transportation of molecules

Molecular engines on metal surfaces: Efficient movement without liquids enables precise transportation of molecules

Title: Revolutionary study reveals efficient, unidirectional molecular movement on metal surfaces

Subtitle: New approach enables controlled bottom-up assembly of nanostructures in the nuclear scale

Research in the area of ​​plastic molecular engines has taken an exciting new turn, as a recently published study shows. A team of scientists found that highly efficient molecular engines can also work on metal surfaces without asking for complex design and synthesis processes.

The previous research mainly focused on the examination of molecular engines in solutions and on fixed surfaces that serve as reference points for the persecution of their movement. However, these molecules require an elaborate design and synthesis, since the motor function must be integrated into the chemical structure. They also show restrictions compared to their functionality in solutions on fixed surfaces.

The revolutionary new study now shows that efficient molecular movement is possible on metal surfaces even without complex design and synthesis processes. The researchers combine a simple molecular structure with the metal surface, which alone does not have a motor function. The movement of this molecules is triggered by intramolecular proton transfer, which leads to modulation of the potential energy layers. Each molecule moves with a 100 percent unidirectionality along a nuclear line.

In order to demonstrate the effectiveness of these engines, the researchers managed to transport individual carbon monoxide molecules in a controlled manner. This breakthrough opens up new possibilities for the controlled Bottom-up assembly of nanostructures on a nuclear benchmark.

The study was published in the renowned specialist journal "Chemical Society Reviews" and can be viewed at the following link: [1].

This discovery represents a milestone in the development of molecular engines and could have an impact on different areas in the future, including material sciences, nanotechnology and medicine. The possibility of controlling nanostructures at the nuclear level opens up a variety of new applications and enables scientists to produce tailor -made materials with unique properties.

The research of molecular engines is still in the beginning, but this promising study laid the foundation for further research in this exciting area. It remains to be seen which potential applications and breakthroughs can be achieved in the coming years.

references:
[1] Kassem, S. et al. Artificial Molecular motor. Chem. Soc. Rev. 46, 2592–2621 (2017).
Source: http://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-06384-Y

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