AIP congratulates Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa for winning the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the design and synthesis of molecular machines."
Below you will find links to work published in relevant journals.
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Articles from AIP publications -- Free access until 12/31/16
Sir Fraser Stoddart:
A nanomechanical device based on linear molecular motors
Tony Jun Huang, Branden Brough, Chih-Ming Ho, Yi Liu, Amar H. Flood, Paul A. Bonvallet, Hsian-Rong Tseng, J. Fraser Stoddart, Marko Baller and Sergei Magonov
Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 5391 (2004)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1826222
Nanoscale molecular-switch devices fabricated by imprint lithography
Yong Chen, Douglas A. A. Ohlberg, Xuema Li, Duncan R. Stewart, R. Stanley Williams, Jan O. Jeppesen, Kent A. Nielsen, J. Fraser Stoddart, Deirdre L. Olynick and Erik Anderson
Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 1610 (2003)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1559439
Bernard Feringa:
Molecular switches and motors
Ben L. Feringa
AIP Conf. Proc. 1519, 73 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4794713
Electronic properties of individual diarylethene molecules studied using scanning tunneling spectroscopy
Arramel, T. C. Pijper, T. Kudernac, N. Katsonis, M. van der Maas, B. L. Feringa and B. J. van Wees
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 083716 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4706568
Light‐Driven Molecular Motors
Richard A. van Delden and Ben L. Feringa
AIP Conf. Proc. 723, 498 (2004)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1812136
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Locomotion of chemically powered autonomous nanowire motors
Lin Wang, Longqiu Li, Tianlong Li, Guangyu Zhang and Qian Sun
Appl. Phys. Lett. 107, 063102 (2015)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4928501
Nanomotor dynamics in a chemically oscillating medium
Bryan Robertson and Raymond Kapral
J. Chem. Phys. 142, 154902 (2015)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4918329
A general flux-based analysis for spherical electrocatalytic nanomotors
Amir Nourhani, Paul E. Lammert, Vincent H. Crespi and Ali Borhan
Phys. Fluids 27, 012001 (2015)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4904951
Perspective: Nanomotors without moving parts that propel themselves in solution
Raymond Kapral
J. Chem. Phys. 138, 020901 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4773981
Directional fidelity of nanoscale motors and particles is limited by the 2nd law of thermodynamics—Via a universal equality
Zhisong Wang, Ruizheng Hou and Artem Efremov
J. Chem. Phys. 139, 035105 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4813626
Dynamics of self-propelled nanomotors in chemically active media
Snigdha Thakur and Raymond Kapral
J. Chem. Phys. 135, 024509 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3607408
Ultrafast nanotube based diffusiophoresis nanomotors
Wei Liu, Rongxiang He, Hongwei Zhu, Hao Hu, Meiya Li and Xing-zhong Zhao
Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 053114 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3308480
Autonomously motile catalytic nanomotors by bubble propulsion
J. G. Gibbs and Y.-P. Zhao
Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 163104 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3122346
Thermally driven molecular linear motors: A molecular dynamics study
H. A. Zambrano, J. H. Walther and R. L. Jaffe
J. Chem. Phys. 131, 241104 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3281642
Stochastic simulations of cargo transport by processive molecular motors
Christian B. Korn, Stefan Klumpp, Reinhard Lipowsky and Ulrich S. Schwarz
J. Chem. Phys. 131, 245107 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3279305
Dynamics of chemically powered nanodimer motors subject to an external force
Yu-Guo Tao and Raymond Kapral
J. Chem. Phys. 131, 024113 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3174929
Measurement of driving force of catalytic nanomotors in dilute hydrogen peroxide by torsion balance
J. G. Gibbs and Y.-P. Zhao
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 79, 086108 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2964110
Carbon nanotube motors driven by carbon nanotube
Yoshiteru Takagi, Tsuyoshi Uda and Takahisa Ohno
J. Chem. Phys. 128, 194704 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2918287
Molecular Motors: Design, Mechanism, and Control
Debashish Chowdhury
Comput. Sci. Eng. 10, 70 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MCSE.2008.58
Motion control of single -ATPase rotary biomolecular motor using microfabricated local heating devices
Hideyuki F. Arata, Hiroyuki Noji and Hiroyuki Fujita
Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 083902 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2177374
Mechanism of unidirectional motions of chiral molecular motors driven by linearly polarized pulses
Kunihito Hoki, Masahiro Yamaki, Shiro Koseki and Yuichi Fujimura
J. Chem. Phys. 119, 12393 (2003)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1621622
Molecular motors driven by laser pulses: Role of molecular chirality and photon helicity
Kunihito Hoki, Masahiro Yamaki, Shiro Koseki and Yuichi Fujimura
J. Chem. Phys. 118, 497 (2003)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1526834