Interlocked rings that contract and extend on command.
Daisy-chain rotaxanes: two molecules threaded through one another so they can slide apart and back together, driven electrochemically or thermally.
This is where the whole thing starts. Matter taught to move.
Carson J. Bruns, Associate Professor, ATLAS Institute and the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder.
Carson J. Bruns