For a motor to power machinery, the local motion has to be translated into the ordered movement of other parts of the system. Organic chemists have now produced a light driven rotary motor in which ...

For a motor to power machinery, the local motion has to be translated into the ordered movement of other parts of the system. University of Groningen organic chemists led by professor Ben Feringa are ...

This is University of Groningen professor of organic chemistry Ben Feringa. The naphthalene rotor is attached to the motor by a single carbon-carbon bond, which allows it to rotate freely. But the ...