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Record Nr.

UNINA9910420951303321

Titolo

Building and probing small for mechanics. / / Christian Joachim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

3-030-56777-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 232 p. 154 illus., 137 illus. in color.)

Collana

Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines, , 2193-9691

Disciplina

620.5

Soggetti

Molecular machinery

Chemical engineering

Condensed matter physics (liquid state & solid state physics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: from the Anthycytera astronomical clock to molecular machinery -- From the Pascaline to a 5-digits metallic and planar miniature mechanical calculator 1 cm in lateral size -- Photo-microlithography fabrication of the parts of a micro-mechanical calculator -- Fabricating solid state gears at the nanoscale -- Prototypes of molecular gears with an organometallic piano-stool architecture -- Design and synthesis of a nano-winch -- Chemical anchoring of molecular rotors -- Anchoring molecular rotors by on-surface synthesis -- Transmission of Rotational Motion between Molecule-Gears -- A simple train of PF3 molecule-gears and its mechanics -- Modelling of Molecule-Scale Single Gears and Gear Trains -- Rotation of Adsorbed molecules induced by tunneling electrons -- Motion and Nanomechanical effects in Supramolecular Catalysts -- Five minutes in the life of a molecular shuttle: near-equilibrium measurements of shuttling dynamics with optical tweezers.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents mechanics miniaturization trends explored step by step, starting with the example of the miniaturization of a mechanical calculator. The ultra-miniaturization of mechanical machinery is now approaching the atomic scale. In this book, molecule-gears, trains of molecule-gears, and molecule motors are studied -one molecule at a time- on a solid surface, using scanning probe manipulation protocols



and in solution as demonstrated in the European project "MEMO". All scales of mechanical machinery are presented using the various lithography techniques currently available, from the submillimeter to the nanoscale. Researchers and nanomechanical engineers will find new inspirations for the construction of minute mechanical devices which can be used in diverse hostile environments, for example under radiation constraints, on the surface membrane of a living cell or immersed in liquid. The book is presented in a format accessible for university students, in particular for those at the Master and PhD levels.