Nanodragster[edit]
El Nanodragster, dobló al bólido automovilístico más pequeño, y es un nano automóvil .El diseño mejora un nanoauto previo y es un paso adelante para crear máquinas moleculares. El nombre proviene de la semejanza con un dragster puesto que tiene un eje más corto con ruedas más pequeñas adelante y un eje más grande con ruedas mayores atrás.
El auto nano fue desarrollado en la Universidad de Rice, el Instituto Richard E. Smalley de Ciencia y Tecnología de Escala Nano por el equipo de
James Tour, Kevin Kelly y otros colegas involucrados en su investigación. El nanoauto previo desarrollado tenía de 3 a 4 nanómetros, lo que era algo más que una hebra de ADN y aproximadamente 20.000 veces más delgado que un cabello humano. Estos nanoautos fueron construidos con esferas de carbono para sus cuatro ruedas, lo que hizo necesaria 200 grados centígrados para moverlos. Por otra parte un nanoauto que utilizara ruedas de p-carborano se movería como sobre hielo. Tales observacionescondujeron a la producción de nanoautos que tenían ambos diseños de ruedas.
El Nanodragster es 50.000 veces más delgado que un cabello humano y tiene una velocidad máxima de 0.014 meters por hora. Las ruedas traseras son moléculas esféricas fullerenes o buckyballs, compuestas de 60 átomos de carbono cada una que son atraídas a un eje que está hecho de una capa muy delgada de oro. Este diseño también hizo posible al equipo de Tour operar la unidad a temperaturas más bajas.
El nanodragster y otras nano-máquinas están diseñadas para ser usadas para el transporte de objetos. Esta tecnología puede ser usada para fabricar circuitos de computación y componentes electrónicos o en conjunto con productos farmacéuticos dentro del cuerpo humano. Tour también especulaba con que el conocimiento ganado mediante la investigación del nanoauto contribuiría a construir sistemas catalíticos eficientes en el futuro.
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Electrically driven directional motion of a four-wheel molecule on a metal surface[edit]
Kudernac
et al. described a specially designed molecule that has four motorized "wheels". By depositing the molecule on a copper surface and providing them with sufficient energy from electrons of a
scanning tunnelling microscope they were able to drive some of the molecules in a specific direction, much like a car, being the first single molecule capable to continue moving in the same direction across a surface. Inelastic electron tunnelling induces conformational changes in the rotors and propels the molecule across a copper surface. By changing the direction of the rotary motion of individual motor units, the self-propelling molecular 'four-wheeler' structure can follow random or preferentially linear trajectories. This design provides a starting point for the exploration of more sophisticated molecular mechanical systems, perhaps with complete control over their direction of motion.
[12]
Motor Nanocar[edit]
A future nanocar with a
synthetic molecular motor has been developed by Jean-Francois Morin
et al.[13] It is fitted with
carborane wheels and a light powered
helicene synthetic molecular motor. Although the motor
moiety displayed unidirectional rotation in solution, light-driven motion on a surface has yet to be observed. Motility in water and other liquids can be also realized by a
molecular propeller in the future.
Nanodragster[edit]
The
Nanodragster, dubbed the world's smallest
hot rod, is a molecular nanocar.
[1][4] The design improves on previous nanocar designs and is a step towards creating
molecular machines. The name comes from the nanocar's resemblance to a
dragster, as it has a shorter axle with smaller wheels in the front and a larger axle with larger wheels in the back.
The nanocar was developed at
Rice University’s Richard E. Smalley Institute Nanoscale Science and Technology by the team of
James Tour, Kevin Kelly and other colleagues involved in its research.
[5][6] The previous nanocar developed was 3 to 4 nanometers which was a little over
[the width of?] a strand of
DNA and was around 20,000 times thinner than a human hair.
[7] These nanocars were built with carbon
buckyballs for their four wheels, which made it need 400 °F (200 °C) to get it moving. On the other hand, a nanocar which utilized p-
carborane wheels moves as if on ice.
[8] Such observations led to the production of nanocars which had both wheel designs.
The Nanodragster is 50,000 times thinner than a human hair and has a top speed of 0.014 millimeters per hour (0.0006 in/h).
[4][9][10] The rear wheels are spherical
fullerene molecules, or buckyballs, composed of sixty carbon atoms each, which are attracted to a dragstrip that is made up of a very fine layer of
gold. This design also enabled Tour’s team to operate the device at lower temperatures.
The nanodragster and other nano-machines are designed for use in transporting items. The technology can be used in manufacturing computer circuits and electronic components, or in conjunction with pharmaceuticals inside the human body.
[11] Tour also speculated that the knowledge gained from the nanocar research would help build efficient
catalytic systems in the future.
Electrically driven directional motion of a four-wheel molecule on a metal surface[edit]
Kudernac
et al. described a specially designed molecule that has four motorized "wheels". By depositing the molecule on a copper surface and providing them with sufficient energy from electrons of a
scanning tunnelling microscope they were able to drive some of the molecules in a specific direction, much like a car, being the first single molecule capable to continue moving in the same direction across a surface. Inelastic electron tunnelling induces conformational changes in the rotors and propels the molecule across a copper surface. By changing the direction of the rotary motion of individual motor units, the self-propelling molecular 'four-wheeler' structure can follow random or preferentially linear trajectories. This design provides a starting point for the exploration of more sophisticated molecular mechanical systems, perhaps with complete control over their direction of motion.
[12]
Motor Nanocar[edit]
A future nanocar with a
synthetic molecular motor has been developed by Jean-Francois Morin
et al.[13] It is fitted with
carborane wheels and a light powered
helicene synthetic molecular motor. Although the motor
moiety displayed unidirectional rotation in solution, light-driven motion on a surface has yet to be observed. Motility in water and other liquids can be also realized by a
molecular propeller in the future.
Washington, 17 oct (PL) Un material nanotecnológico capaz de reconfigurarse a sí mismo fue creado por científicos de la Northwestern University, quienes difundieron los resultados de su estudio en la revista Nature Nanotechnology.
El primer paso hacia estos dispositivos se producía a finales de agosto de 2001, cuando los investigadores de 
