Single molecule nanocar takes its first spin
The tiniest car in the world has gone for a drive. Made of a single molecule, the "vehicle" has four wheel-like paddles that rotate in the same direction when zapped with a beam of electrons.
"The molecule is autonomous," says Syuzanna Harutyunyan, a chemist at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands who worked on the mini motor vehicle. "You don't need to touch it. Just give it energy and it's capable of...
