How an unsuccessful switch won the Nobel Prize
This photo reveals a creative representation of the nano vehicle constructed by the Feringa group, utilizing 4 light driven motor particles linked by a "chassis." It stands in front of the Academy Building of the University of Groningen. Credit: Peter van der Sijde
In 2016, University of Groningen Professor of Organic Chemistry Ben Feringa and 2 of his coworkers were granted the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for having actually developed "the world's smallest devices." Feringa had actually developed a light-driven motor making up one single particle. The clinical post explaining this molecular motor was released 25 years back, on 9 September 1999, in Nature
The very first motor particle w...