Showing posts with label Nano. Show all posts
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7/09/2008

Nano-car with molecules and nanotubes

If a virus of average size measured hundred nanometers, is even more diminutive the gimmick built by a team of U.S. experts in nanoscience, coordinated by Professor James Al. Tour of Rice University.

This is a vehicle of just 3 nanometers long and 2 wide, that is, approximately 20,000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair. It is made from cylindrical molecules formed by carbon atoms, a whole revolution, given the difficulty carbon nanotubes unite among themselves and with other components.

For now, nano-car can move slightly on a surface atoms of gold when it receives a microdescarga electric, but its creators plan to give it an engine of photons to move faster.