From the Synthesis of Nanovehicles to Participation in the First Nanocar Race-View from the French Team

Henri-Pierre Jacquot de Rouville; Claire Kammerer; Gwénaël Rapenne

doi:10.3390/molecules23030612

From the Synthesis of Nanovehicles to Participation in the First Nanocar Race-View from the French Team

Molecules. 2018 Mar 8;23(3):612. doi: 10.3390/molecules23030612.

Authors

Henri-Pierre Jacquot de Rouville¹, Claire Kammerer², Gwénaël Rapenne^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ CEMES, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 31055 Toulouse, France. hpjacquot@unistra.fr.
² CEMES, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 31055 Toulouse, France. kammerer@cemes.fr.
³ CEMES, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, 31055 Toulouse, France. rapenne@cemes.fr.
⁴ Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Takayama 8916-5, Ikoma, Nara, Japan. rapenne@cemes.fr.

Abstract

This review article presents our accomplished work on the synthesis of molecular triptycene wheels and their introduction into nanovehicles such as wheelbarrows and nanocars, equipped with two and four wheels, respectively. The architecture of nanovehicles is based on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which provide a potential cargo zone. Our strategy allowed us to obtain planar or curved nanocars, exhibiting different mobilities on metallic surfaces. Our curved nanocar participated in the first nanocar race organized in Toulouse (France) on 28 and 29 April 2017.

Keywords: STM; nanocar; nanocar race; nanowheel; polyaromatic hydrocarbon; single molecule; subphthalocyanine; triptycene; wheelbarrow.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic*
France
Models, Chemical
Models, Molecular
Molecular Structure
Nanostructures / chemistry*
Nanostructures / ultrastructure