Molecular machines roll in for the 2016 chemistry Nobel
Ben Feringa, Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Fraser Stoddart take chemistry’s top gong for creating a series of nanoscale machines
The 2016 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Fraser Stoddart and Ben Feringa for building a world of molecular machines.
From wheels to motors and cars to lifts, this year’s laureates have built a series of machines that are about 1000 times smaller than a human hair. ‘These three laureates … have opened this entire field of molecular machinery,’ said Olof Ramstrom, a member of the Nobel committee for chemistry, upon announcing the prize. ‘They have shown it is possible to make a machine at the molecular scale.’
This article provides a link ot coverage by Chemistry World.
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