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Chemistry · Glossary

What is Molecular machines?

Also known as: molecular machine

Definition 25.20 University Chemistry — Year 3 · Chapter 25 — Supramolecular Chemistry

A molecular machine is an assembly whose components move relative to one another in a controlled way in response to a stimulus (light, a redox change, a change of pH), and can be made to do work.

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