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Nanogears – part of a molecular machine

Molecule-sized gears on outside of a carbon nanotube shaft.

Molecule-sized gears attached to the outside of a carbon nanotube shaft. An electric field will make a shaft turn. This is a computer model, but research is under way to make the real thing.

Author: NASA Ames Research Center

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Rights: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Published: 30 May 2008Size: 124.99 KB
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