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Technology Research News August 13, 2003	Molecule makes ring rotor Researchers from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland have interlocked large, ring-shaped molecules to make a molecular rotor that moves in only one direction. The molecule could eventually be used as a nanoscale motor or winch.
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Reactive Reports Issue 33 David Bradley	The Miniature Rotarians Tiny interlocking wheels are the components of a miniscule molecular rotor designed and built by UK chemists. The submicroscopic invention offers a new motor-like component for those hoping to build nanotechnology from the bottom up.
Technology Research News September 22, 2004	Photo Molecules Flip Current Researchers have constructed a photodiode that consists of a mix of slightly different peptide molecules anchored to a gold surface.
Chemistry World August 23, 2006 Simon Hadlington	Laser Light Cast on Quantum Evolution Researchers have demonstrated for the first time why a technique called coherent control is able to break molecular bonds selectively using finely-tuned pulses of laser light.
Technology Research News September 10, 2003	Gold speck highlights molecules How do you sense what is happening at the scale of molecules? Researchers have found a way to detect the very small spectral shifts that occur when the light scattering off a single gold nanoparticle interacts with molecules.
Technology Research News November 5, 2003	Paired molecules store data Researchers from the University of California at Irvine have bonded a pair of molecules to form a molecule that has two states. The components are photochromic fulgimide and a dye molecule capable of florescence.
Technology Research News December 29, 2004	Molecular Motor Goes Both Ways Researchers have constructed a molecular motor that can spin in either direction, much like the biological molecular motors involved in many of life's processes. The motor could eventually be used in nanotechnology applications.
Chemistry World October 12, 2006 Richard Van Noorden	Lasers on the Energy Ski Slope Researchers have shown that intense laser-light pulses can act as catalysts, controlling the end products of a chemical reaction without themselves being absorbed.
Chemistry World August 22, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Manmade molecular machine goes to work Manmade molecules can generate similar forces to natural molecular machines, and could help chemists to design artificial molecular machines for meaningful tasks.
Chemistry World January 11, 2010 Hayley Birch	Locking molecular motors Dutch scientists have designed a molecular motor that can be locked using an acid and unlocked using a base.
Technology Research News October 20, 2004	Molecules positioned on silicon Dubbed multi-step feedback control lithography, this new fabrication process could eventually be used to construct prototype molecular electronic devices for future technologies in areas like consumer electronics and biomedical diagnostics.
Chemistry World November 1, 2010 Laura Howes	Molecular motors find reverse gear Ben Feringa's group at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands been working with molecular motors for years, making small organic molecules that rotate when exposed to light. However, until now these motors have only had a forward gear.
Technology Research News June 18, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Prefab key to molecular memory Nano-devices promise to use molecules as super-fast computer circuits, store fantastic amounts of information in a minuscule area and sense minute amounts of chemicals and biological materials. Researchers have brought these possibilities a step closer.
Chemistry World June 9, 2010 Jon Cartwright	Laser tracks electrons in molecules The breakthrough suggests that attosecond lasers will soon enable scientists to address problems in chemistry and biology, which until now were too complex for attosecond science.
Chemistry World October 13, 2011 Phillip Broadwith	Following Electrons' Chemical Reaction Quickstep The oscillating electronic states of molecules nearby and passing through a conical intersection can now be probed directly.
Technology Research News May 19, 2004	Junctions Expand Nano Railroads Researchers from the University of Washington and Sandia National Laboratories have co-opted cell proteins for use in track networks that can be integrated into nanotechnology devices to shuttle tiny amounts of materials around.
CIO June 1, 2003 Bob Violino	Powerful DNA Portable computer vendors like to boast about their small and lightweight devices. But their best efforts are nothing compared with programmable molecular computing machines composed of an enzyme and DNA molecules.
Chemistry World August 9, 2007 Kira Welter	Molecular Heatwave Spreads at Ferocious Pace Wildfires spread frighteningly fast, but thankfully not at kilometers per second pace. That's the rate at which heat rips through a molecule.
Technology Research News April 21, 2004 Eric Smalley	Molecule Makes Electric Motor Researchers have built molecules that can spin on command, but finding a way to harness this molecular motion to carry out work is more difficult. A molecule that has a limited range of motion opens up new possibilities.
Technology Research News March 23, 2005	Electricity controls biomolecules Dutch and German researchers have found a way to use electricity to control the way microtubules connect with kinesin-coated structures.
Chemistry World January 2, 2014 Ian Randall	Picosecond 'kettle' to probe chemical reactions A way to boil water in less than a trillionth of a second has been devised by researchers. The approach, which is still theoretical, uses a concentrated pulse of terahertz radiation to raise the temperature of a small sample of water by around 600 C.
Chemistry World May 4, 2010 Lewis Brindley	Nanomachinery gets a spring in its step Molecular springs that always twist the same way are the latest addition to the nanomachinery toolbox.
Technology Research News June 2, 2004	Nanotubes Move Molten Metal Researchers from the University of California at Berkeley have found a way to move globules of molten metal that are as small as 30 nanometers in diameter. A nanometer is one millionth of a millimeter, or the span of 10 hydrogen atoms.
Reactive Reports Issue 63 David Bradley	Chemists Go Round the Bend Chemists often think of molecular wires as "shape-persistent" rods with limited flexibility, but researchers have now shown that molecular wires can be bent into ring shapes.
Chemistry World May 18, 2011 James Urquhart	Throwing light on molecular logic gates The multifunctional molecule, which can be reconfigured by light, could be used in data storage devices and biomedicine, including nanoparticle tracking and drug delivery.
CIO December 1, 2002 Sarah D. Scalet	When Every Molecule Counts A group of electrical engineers at Purdue University hope that their research could lead to ultrasensitive sensors capable of detecting a single molecule of a biological agent or chemical pollutant.
Chemistry World August 27, 2009 Nina Notman	Molecules in close-up A tuning-fork-like device than measures atomic forces is able to image every single atom in a molecule, according to its Swiss inventors.
Technology Research News November 19, 2003	Molecular memory is electric Researchers from Osaka Kyoiku University in Japan have found a way to use a single molecule to store computer information.
Chemistry World February 28, 2012 Nina Notman	Observing Charge Distribution in Molecules The distribution of charge across a single molecule has been imaged for the first time by Swiss scientists. It is hoped that this work may eventually lead to electronic devices consisting of organic molecules.
Chemistry World December 11, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Chemists Fake Virus Capsids Scientists have made molecular 'tiles' that stick together, mimicking the football-like outer shell of a virus. Such self-assembling molecular capsules would be big enough to hold drug molecules and could provide new ways to make nanoparticles.
Chemistry World May 21, 2010 Simon Hadlington	H-bond partner-swapping seen in the flesh The dance moves that a water molecule makes as it flips hydrogen bonds from one partner to another have been captured by US researchers.
Technology Research News December 29, 2004	Coated Nanotubes Make Biosensors Researchers are using carbon nanotubes to sense single molecules, and are tapping the way carbon nanotubes give off near-infrared light in order to read what the sensors have detected.
Chemistry World October 11, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Diode breakthrough in molecular electronics Researchers from the US and Russia have shown how it is possible to measure the diode properties of a single molecule and how the orientation of the molecule between two electrodes can be controlled.
Chemistry World September 9, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Daisy-chain polymers bring artificial muscles a step closer American chemists have made molecular 'daisy-chains' containing threaded rings that can be pulled taut or slackened by chemical stimuli.
PC Magazine April 4, 2007 Anton Galang	Future Watch: The Invisible Padlock New molecular keypad requires you activate molecules in correct order.
Technology Research News February 26, 2003	DNA forms nano piston DNA is a molecule of many talents. In addition to its biological role of carrying the blueprint to life, it has performed computations and self-assembled into various shapes in the laboratory. Some of those shapes are movable, which paves the way for molecular machines.
Chemistry World February 10, 2011 James Urquhart	Molecular motor controls chirality A single molecule catalytic system that uses a light driven molecular motor to dynamically control the molecule's chiral states has been developed by scientists in the Netherlands.
Technology Research News March 26, 2003 Eric Smalley	Molecule toggle makes nano logic A popular trend in technology research is copying nature, and another source of inspiration is the world of everyday objects. Researchers at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories have proposed a series of molecules that work like ordinary light switches.
Technology Research News October 20, 2004	Mechanical valve design goes nano A combination of molecular modeling and classical engineering techniques were used to design a nanomechanical fluid valve that could (in 10 years) be used for drug delivery, biological and chemical testing, and fuel delivery for microscale and nanoscale engines.
Chemistry World December 12, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Zwitterion approach to stabilizing drug proteins Researchers in the US have discovered a new way to stabilize and protect protein molecules without affecting the protein's biological activity.
Chemistry World May 27, 2014 Simon Hadlington	Unusual H-bond patterns revealed in single molecule image Researchers in the US have used a scanning tunnelling microscope to produce the latest images of structure and bonding in a single molecule, by sensing the molecule's local potential energy landscape.
Technology Research News December 15, 2004 Kimberly Patch	Molecule Harvests Water's Hydrogen The key to producing clean hydrogen energy is finding a non-polluting method to extract pure hydrogen from its most abundant source, water. Researchers have developed a supramolecular complex that could be used in devices that use light energy to extract hydrogen from water.
Technology Research News June 30, 2004	Method tests molecular devices Components made from molecules are likely to be smaller than those that can be made using today's chip fabrication methods, and they can potentially self-assemble, which would make for inexpensive manufacturing processes.
Chemistry World August 17, 2015 Jennifer Newton	Molecular Sierpinski triangles get stability upgrade A team in China has constructed fractal triangles on the molecular scale and this time, they're much more robust.
Chemistry World January 28, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Water spilt with aluminium Aluminium clusters' ability to split water molecules and release hydrogen is dictated by the geometric arrangement of active sites on their surface, US scientists have discovered.
Technology Research News March 24, 2004 Eric Smalley	Molecular logic proposed Researchers from the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and University College London in England have devised a scheme for designing logic circuits within individual molecules.
Scientific American April 18, 2005 Kauffmann & van den Bosch	CT Scan for Molecules Producing 3-d images of electron orbitals.
Technology Research News June 4, 2003	Study shows DNA will fill tubes Researchers from the Max Planck Institute in Germany have shown by computer simulation that it is possible to insert DNA into a carbon nanotube.
Chemistry World August 29, 2014 Simon Hadlington	Rigid molecular wires make electrons fly Researchers in Germany and Japan have shown that a new type of organic molecular wire -- which is flat and rigid -- can transfer electrons at more than 800 times the speed of its conventional, flexible counterpart.