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Nature Nanotechnology 3, 383 - 384 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.194

Subject Category: Molecular machines and motors

Nanomechanics: Macromolecules flex their muscles

Ben L. Feringa1 & Wesley R. Browne1

  1. Ben L. Feringa and Wesley R. Browne are in the Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
    e-mail: b.l.feringa@rug.nl; e-mail: w.r.browne@rug.nl


It will take a concerted effort for nanomachines to express themselves on a macroscopic scale. Could self-organizing helical polymers help?

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