Self-Assembled Silver Superlattices

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Self-Assembled Silver Superlattices

A combined computational and experimental study of self-assembled silver-based structures known as superlattices has revealed an unusual and unexpected behavior: arrays of gear-like molecular-scale machines that rotate in unison when pressure is applied to them. This video shows the movement of the silver "gears" produced from nanoclusters.

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Engineering, Nanotechnology and Nanoscience, Research, Physics and Physical Sciences
Keywords
Nanotechnology, self-assembly, silver, superlattices
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  • Created By: John Toon
  • Created On: Apr 7, 2014 - 6:59am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 10:58pm