@article{2847bcd5cd1b46448226355a44f2be42,
title = "Subnanometer motion of cargoes driven by thermal gradients along carbon nanotubes",
abstract = "An important issue in nanoelectromechanical systems is developing small electrically driven motors. We report on an artificial nanofabricated motor in which one short carbon nanotube moves relative to another coaxial nanotube. A cargo is attached to an ablated outer wall of a multiwalled carbon nanotube that can rotate and/or translate along the inner nanotube. The motion is actuated by imposing a thermal gradient along the nanotube, which allows for subnanometer displacements, as opposed to an electromigration or random walk effect.",
author = "Amelia Barreiro and Riccardo Rurali and Hernandez, {Eduardo R} and Joel Moser and Thomas Pichler and L{\'a}szl{\'o} Forro and Adrian Bachtold",
note = "Amelia Barreiro,1 Riccardo Rurali,2 Eduardo R. Hern{\'a}ndez,3* Joel Moser,1 Thomas Pichler,4 L{\'a}szl{\'o} Forr{\'o},5 Adrian Bachtold1* 1 Centre d'Investigacions en Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient{\'i}ficas–Institut Catal{\`a} de Nanotecnologia) and Centro Nacional de Microelectr{\'o}nica, Campus de la Universitat Aut{\`o}noma de Barcelona (UAB), E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain. 2 Departament d'Enginyeria Electr{\`o}nica, UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain. 3 Institut de Ci{\`e}ncia de Materials de Barcelona, Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain. 4 Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Strudlhofgasse 4, 01090 Wien, Austria. 5 Ecole Polytechnique F{\'e}d{\'e}rale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. Originally published in Science Express on 10 April 2008 Science 9 May 2008: DOI: 10.1126/science.1155559 ",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1126/science.1155559",
language = "English",
volume = "320",
pages = "775--778",
journal = "Science",
issn = "0036-8075",
publisher = "AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE",
number = "5877",
}