Nano machines

David Hilton - Emergence presented at the Nano Israel Conference, March 2012. Courtesy of the Nano Israel Conference

Every engineer's nightmare

A molecular car. Illustration: Nobel Prize Committee for Chemistry 2016

Who will drive a molecular car? - How molecules become machines - Part I

DNA nanotechnology

nanobots Illustration: shutterstock

The rise of the nanomachines / Mikhail K. Rocco

Butyl-methyl-sulfide molecule, electric motor. Image: Taft University

An electric motor consisting of a single molecule

Color rendering of a scanning electron microscope image of a programmable nanoprocessor superimposed on a schematic architecture of a nanoprocessor circuit

The first ever functional nanoprocessor

Nano router. Photo: Dirk Kuehne, TUM

A tiny rotor for use in nanomechanics

Nano rotor. Photo: Munich University of Technology

Self-assembly of nano-rotors

A team of researchers from Germany managed to trap stick-like molecules in a two-dimensional network in a way that leads to the receipt of nanorotor structures.
Image courtesy of Bartels lab, UC Riverside

Will a molecular horse stomp, step or slide over a surface?

Two-state rotaxane ferrites designed by UCLA's J. Fraser Stoddart lab function as a switch (right) and enable ultra-dense storage of 160 kilobits on a 400x400 nanowire lattice (left)

Nanomachines consisting of a single prodn

Artist's impression of a DNA transition in a graphene nanogate

DNA scanning using graphene nano-nozzles

A revolution in information technology inspired by DNA

Scanning electron microscope image of a layer of nanowires. Link to the source of the image at the bottom of the article

Great need for a little inspection

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Pea as a modern source of energy

Nano car. Image: Rice University

Nano-cars race

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The strange physical laws of the nano world

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

New rotors for the development of nanogenerators

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A new nano-robotic device

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

New nano-vehicles

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A new measuring tool at the nano level makes use of helium ions

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A hoop-shaped molecular nanorotor

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Small is beautiful

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Butterflies inspire micromachines