SUPERFAST LIGHT DRIVEN MOLECULAR MOTOR DESIGNED BY SCIENTISTS

Light-driven molecular motors are around for over 20 years. These motors typically take microseconds to nanoseconds for one revolution. Thomas Jansen, professor of physics at the University of Groningen, and Master’s student Atreya Majumdar have now designed a even a good faster molecular motor. The new design is driven by light only and may make a full turn in picoseconds using power of one photon. Jansen says, “We have developed a latest and new out-of-the-box design for a motor molecule that’s much faster.” The design was published in Journal of Physical chemistry Letters.