Joachim C. (ed.) Building and Probing Small for Mechanics

Springer, 2020. — 235 p. — (Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines). — ISBN: 978-3-030-56777-4.This book presents mechanics miniaturization trends explored step by step, starting with the example of the miniaturization of a mechanical calculator. The ultra-miniaturization of mechanical machinery is now approaching the atomic scale. In this book, molecule-gears, trains of molecule-gears, and molecule motors are studied -one molecule at a time- on a solid surface, using scanning probe manipulation protocols and in solution as demonstrated in the European project "MEMO". All scales of mechanical machinery are presented using the various lithography techniques currently available, from the submillimeter to the nanoscale. Researchers and nanomechanical engineers will find new inspirations for the construction of minute mechanical devices which can be used in diverse hostile environments, for example under radiation constraints, on the surface membrane of a living cell or immersed in liquid. The book is presented in a format accessible for university students, in particular for those at the Master and PhD levels.From the Anthycytera Astronomical Clock to Single Molecule Scale Machinery
From the Pascaline to a 5-Digits Metallic and Planar Miniature Mechanical Calculator 1 cm in Lateral Size
Photo-Microlithography Fabrication of the Parts of a Micro-Mechanical Calculator
Fabricating Solid State Gears at the Nanoscale: A Top–Down Approach
Prototypes of Molecular Gears with an Organometallic Piano-Stool Architecture
Design and Synthesis of a Nano-winch
Chemical Anchoring of Molecular Rotors
Anchoring Molecular Rotors by On-Surface Synthesis
Transmission of Rotational Motion Between Molecule-Gears
A Simple Example of a Molecule-Gear Train: PF3 Molecules on a Cu(111) Surface
Mechanical Transmission of Rotation for Molecule Gears and Solid-State Gears
Rotations of Adsorbed Molecules Induced by Tunneling Electrons
Motion and Nanomechanical Effects in Supramolecular Catalysts
Five Minutes in the Life of a Molecular Shuttle: Near-Equilibrium Measurements of Shuttling Dynamics Using Optical Tweezers