Thursday, December 27, 2012

Supramolecular polymers: Molecular machines muscle up

J. Fraser Stoddart



Nature Nanotechnology 8, 9 (2013). doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.239


Authors: Carson J. Bruns & J. Fraser Stoddart


A supramolecular polymer made of thousands of bistable [c2]daisy chains amplifies individual nanometric displacements up to the micrometre-length scale, in a concerted process reminiscent of muscular cells.






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