Chinese Journal of Nature ›› 2016, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (6): 420-428.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-9608.2016.06.005

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The tiniest machine in the world: A brief introduction to the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016

GU Jun, SUN Yuren, GONG Hegui   

  1. Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
  • Received:2016-11-23 Online:2016-12-25 Published:2017-02-24

Abstract:

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences decided to award Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 for the design and synthesis of the molecular machines. In this article, we mainly introduced the concept of molecular machine and the achievement of the three scientists. Finally, the current problems and the challenges for future research were presented in this new field.