Genesis of the Nanomachines: The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

In the beginning…: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 goes to three of the pioneers of the field of synthetic molecular machines, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, and Ben L. Feringa. Their work has led from the reliable synthesis of rotaxanes and catenanes to molecular rotary motors, shuttles, muscles, and other devices.

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