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Nanotechnology

Stabilized ferrocene molecules create the world’s smallest electrically controlled molecular machine

A complex of ammonium-bound ferrocene (Fc-amm) and crown ether is built on a Cu(111) surface, and its sliding motion is activated by hole injection into the ferrocene group using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). . Credit: Toyowa Yamada / Chiba University Artificial molecular machines are nanoscale machines made up of a few molecules and have the potential to transform fields such…