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University of Groningen: New molecular motor runs on chemical fuel

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A team led by Ben Feringa, Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Groningen, and Depeng Zhao of Sun Yat-Sen University (Guangzhou, China) has created a unidirectional molecular motor that runs on chemical fuel, just like molecular motor complexes in our cells. One rotation of the motor molecule is completed in six steps. The […]