Locomotion of the C60-based nanomachines on graphene surfaces

Abstract We provide a comprehensive computational characterization of surface motion of two types of nanomachines with four C60 “wheels”: a flexible chassis Nanocar and a rigid chassis Nanotruck. We study the nanocars’ lateral and rotational diffusion as well as the wheels’ rolling motion on two kin...

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Autores principales:	Seyedeh Mahsa Mofidi, Hossein Nejat Pishkenari, Mohammad Reza Ejtehadi, Alexey V. Akimov
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:60c0c089df3f409587c7bc935923bef42021-12-02T13:57:49ZLocomotion of the C60-based nanomachines on graphene surfaces10.1038/s41598-021-82280-72045-2322https://doaj.org/article/60c0c089df3f409587c7bc935923bef42021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82280-7https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract We provide a comprehensive computational characterization of surface motion of two types of nanomachines with four C60 “wheels”: a flexible chassis Nanocar and a rigid chassis Nanotruck. We study the nanocars’ lateral and rotational diffusion as well as the wheels’ rolling motion on two kinds of graphene substrates—flexible single-layer graphene which may form surface ripples and an ideally flat graphene monolayer. We find that the graphene surface ripples facilitate the translational diffusion of Nanocar and Nanotruck, but have little effect on their surface rotation or the rolling of their wheels. The latter two types of motion are strongly affected by the structure of the nanomachines instead. Surface diffusion of both nanomachines occurs preferentially via a sliding mechanism whereas the rolling of the “wheels” contributes little. The axial rotation of all “wheels” is uncorrelated.Seyedeh Mahsa MofidiHossein Nejat PishkenariMohammad Reza EjtehadiAlexey V. AkimovNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Seyedeh Mahsa Mofidi Hossein Nejat Pishkenari Mohammad Reza Ejtehadi Alexey V. Akimov Locomotion of the C60-based nanomachines on graphene surfaces
description	Abstract We provide a comprehensive computational characterization of surface motion of two types of nanomachines with four C60 “wheels”: a flexible chassis Nanocar and a rigid chassis Nanotruck. We study the nanocars’ lateral and rotational diffusion as well as the wheels’ rolling motion on two kinds of graphene substrates—flexible single-layer graphene which may form surface ripples and an ideally flat graphene monolayer. We find that the graphene surface ripples facilitate the translational diffusion of Nanocar and Nanotruck, but have little effect on their surface rotation or the rolling of their wheels. The latter two types of motion are strongly affected by the structure of the nanomachines instead. Surface diffusion of both nanomachines occurs preferentially via a sliding mechanism whereas the rolling of the “wheels” contributes little. The axial rotation of all “wheels” is uncorrelated.
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author	Seyedeh Mahsa Mofidi Hossein Nejat Pishkenari Mohammad Reza Ejtehadi Alexey V. Akimov
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title	Locomotion of the C60-based nanomachines on graphene surfaces
title_short	Locomotion of the C60-based nanomachines on graphene surfaces
title_full	Locomotion of the C60-based nanomachines on graphene surfaces
title_fullStr	Locomotion of the C60-based nanomachines on graphene surfaces
title_full_unstemmed	Locomotion of the C60-based nanomachines on graphene surfaces
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publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/60c0c089df3f409587c7bc935923bef4
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Locomotion of the C60-based nanomachines on graphene surfaces

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