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Construction and Operation of a Light-driven Gold Nanorod Rotary Motor System
Published on: June 30, 2018
Zhou Yu1, Fei Zhang1, Jingsong Huang2
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA.
Molecular simulations reveal that room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) mediate oscillatory forces between nanorods. These forces, influenced by rod charge, are crucial for designing new ionic materials.
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