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Synthetic molecular motors

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Figure 1: Two-state molecular systems.
Figure 2: Unidirectional motion produced by nanoscale rotors.

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Davis, A. Synthetic molecular motors. Nature 401, 120–121 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/43576

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