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FAU Research Team Develops Gear Units from A Few Atoms

2022-05-04

FAU Research Team Develops Gear Units from A Few Atoms

Ever smaller and more intricate – without miniaturization, we wouldn’t have the components today that are required for high-performance laptops, compact smartphones or high-resolution endoscopes. Research is now being carried out in the nanoscale on switches, rotors or motors that comprise of only a few atoms in order to build what are known as molecular machines.