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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Winner Molecular Machines Explained

The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded, quite rightly so, to the three individuals and their design and production of molecular machines.  The three that are responsible for playing such a huge part in this field are Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, and Bernard L. Feringa and their work on molecular machines spans across 4 decades.





These molecular machines are miniature in size, but certainly pack a punch in what they can do within that small space.  It all began back in 1983 when Jean-Pierre Sauvage successfully linked two ring-shaped molecules together, forming a chain called a catenane.  The next step in the development of molecular machines came through the help of Fraser Stoddart in 1991.  He developed a rotaxane, a molecular lift, a molecular muscle and a molecule-based computer chip.

 

The first person to develop a molecular motor was Bernard Feringa in 1999.  He was successful in getting a molecular rotor blade to spin continually in the same direction which is something no one had achieved at this point in time. By using the molecular motors he successfully rotated a glass cylinder that was several thousand times larger that the actual motor.  Another of Ferninga’s biggest achievements was his designing of a nanocar.

Moving forward, with thanks to these men’s contributions to the world of molecular machines, new materials, sensors, and energy storage systems can be developed using this type of technology, taking molecular science to the next level.





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