Chemists have previously created tiny nanocars with wheels and axles — as well as molecular rotors and switches. (scientificamerican.com)
The contest is being billed as the world's first nanocar race, and the aim is to get people excited about nanotechnology and molecular machines, says co-organizer Christian Joachim, a chemist who works at the Centre for Materials Elaboration and Structural Studies in Toulouse, where the event will take place. (scientificamerican.com)
James M. Tour, the Rice University chemistry professor who made the first nanocar, says the new car «will certainly propel the field to a higher level of sophistication.» (cen.acs.org)