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AFM images of a 1-μm-HSQ solid-state gear nanofabricated on a graphite surface. a Before manipulation by the AFM tip following the path depicted by the red arrow. b After manipulation, the nanogear clearly rotated and translated toward the interaction with the AFM tip
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The first experimental demonstration of a controllable rotating molecule gear is presented. A scanning tunneling microscope (STM) is used to construct, manipulate, and observe the rotation of the molecule gear. The appropriate combination of molecule design, molecule manipulation protocol, and surface atomic structure selection leads to the functio...
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... is largely enough to offer a possibility to link with the existing micron size gears [6]. However, manipulation of such gears was only realized for diameter up to 1μm, as demonstrated in Figure 7. Two AFM images of the same location show a 1μm diameter solid state HSQ gear before (a) and after (b) the AFM tip located on the red cross was moved along the drawn path resulting in a slight rotation and translation of the gear. ...
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