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From flipping atoms to molecular gyroscopes

From flipping atoms to molecular gyroscopes RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS Molecular gyroscopes Going to high-res Improvements in the performance of mobile and require no power to maintain a displayed electronic devices have not only made them image. Writing in Advanced Materials (16, faster, smaller, lighter and cheaper but also 1558–1562; 2004), Lorenz Walder and colleagues much more power hungry. In order that such describe the construction and operation of a developments do not outpace improvements in bistable electrochromic display device that battery technology, there is great demand for achieves an image resolution of 360 dots per electrical components, in particular displays, inch — the highest reported so far. To construct whose operation requires as little power as this device the authors first grew a mesoporous possible. Electrochromic displays, which are titanium dioxide electrode to encapsulate the based on materials that change colour when an electrochromic dye molecules that generate the electrical current is passed through them, are image. These molecules were then patterned of particular interest in this endeavour as they onto this electrode in the desired image using a only draw power when switched between states, modified dot-matrix printer. A new toy has been through a metathesis added to the multitude reaction to form the three http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nature Materials Springer Journals

From flipping atoms to molecular gyroscopes

Nature Materials , Volume 3 (11) – Nov 1, 2004

From flipping atoms to molecular gyroscopes

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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS Molecular gyroscopes Going to high-res Improvements in the performance of mobile and require no power to maintain a displayed electronic devices have not only made them image. Writing in Advanced Materials (16, faster, smaller, lighter and cheaper but also 1558–1562; 2004), Lorenz Walder and colleagues much more power hungry. In order that such describe the construction and operation of a developments do not outpace improvements in bistable electrochromic display...
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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2004 by Nature Publishing Group
Subject
Materials Science; Materials Science, general; Optical and Electronic Materials; Biomaterials; Nanotechnology; Condensed Matter Physics
ISSN
1476-1122
eISSN
1476-4660
DOI
10.1038/nmat1261
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Abstract

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS Molecular gyroscopes Going to high-res Improvements in the performance of mobile and require no power to maintain a displayed electronic devices have not only made them image. Writing in Advanced Materials (16, faster, smaller, lighter and cheaper but also 1558–1562; 2004), Lorenz Walder and colleagues much more power hungry. In order that such describe the construction and operation of a developments do not outpace improvements in bistable electrochromic display device that battery technology, there is great demand for achieves an image resolution of 360 dots per electrical components, in particular displays, inch — the highest reported so far. To construct whose operation requires as little power as this device the authors first grew a mesoporous possible. Electrochromic displays, which are titanium dioxide electrode to encapsulate the based on materials that change colour when an electrochromic dye molecules that generate the electrical current is passed through them, are image. These molecules were then patterned of particular interest in this endeavour as they onto this electrode in the desired image using a only draw power when switched between states, modified dot-matrix printer. A new toy has been through a metathesis added to the multitude reaction to form the three

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Nature MaterialsSpringer Journals

Published: Nov 1, 2004

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