Molecular Dynamics of Surface-Moving Thermally Driven Nanocars

• Published in: Journal of chemical theory and computation Vol. 4; no. 4; pp. 652 - 656
• Main Authors: Akimov, Alexei V, Nemukhin, Alexander V, Moskovsky, Alexander A, Kolomeisky, Anatoly B, Tour, James M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 01.04.2008
• Subjects: Nanochemistry

We developed molecular models describing the thermally initiated motion of nanocars, nanosized vehicles composed of two to four spherical fullerene wheels chemically coupled to a planar chassis, on a metal surface. The simulations were aimed at reproducing qualitative features of the experimentally...