For years, scientists have been intrigued by how molecules move across surfaces. The process is critical to numerous applications, including catalysis and the manufacturing of nanoscale devices. The ...

A cell sitting in fluid looks like one of the most passive things in biology. Nutrients drift toward it on the aimless ...

Ferrocene is a key molecule for developing molecular machines. However, it readily decomposes on the surface of flat noble metal substrates, marking a significant challenge. Now researchers have ...

Temperature-controlled, reversible shifting of molecular gear motion in a solid crystal opens new possibilities for material design. Temperature-controlled, reversible shifting of molecular gear ...

A single drug can take more than a decade and an estimated $2.6 billion to bring to market, and much of that time is spent synthesizing and testing molecules that ultimately fail. Physicists at the ...

Researchers have created extraordinarily large supramolecular polymers whose length and electrical charge patterns can be ...

The one-dimensional confinement of molecules in an optical cavity allows researchers to measure a narrow absorption line without the blurring effects of molecular motion. High-precision molecular ...

a. Schematic diagram of aggregate structure in NaCl crystal. b. Schematic diagram of chemical structure in zwitterionic aggregate. c. Visualization of the inter- and intramolecular motion in ...

(Nanowerk News) Artificial molecular machines, nanoscale machines consisting of a few molecules, offer the potential to transform fields involving catalysts, molecular electronics, medicines, and ...