Artificial Molecular-Level Machines: Which Energy To Make Them Work?
Accounts of Chemical Research2001Vol. 34(6), pp. 445–455
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Abstract
The concept of machine can be extended to the molecular level by designing and synthesizing (supra)molecular species capable of performing mechanical movements. The energy needed to make a machine work can be supplied as chemical energy, electrical energy, or light. When a chemical "fuel" is used, waste products are formed, whereas this is not the case when suitable photochemical or electrochemical energy inputs are employed. A number of elementary functions performed by molecular-level machines are illustrated, and more complex ones are foreseen.
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