Single Molecule Becomes World’s Smallest Motor

The world record for the smallest electric motor has been broken with the development of a single molecular motor—a butyl methyl sulfide molecule—that is only one nanometer wide.
Single Molecule Becomes World’s Smallest Motor
Chemists have developed the world's first single molecule electric motor. Tufts University
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Chemists have developed the world's first single molecule electric motor. (Tufts University)