Rice University nanodragster rolls on carbon buckeyball wheels, lives life .0005 inch at a time

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the January 28th, 2010

Drag racing and nanotech seemingly go together like peanut butter and… very small rocks, but that hasn't stopped a team of researchers at Rice University from creating a microscopic car dubbed a “nanodragster.” Its wheels are buckeyballs, the rear composed of 60 carbon atoms each, while its front wheels are made of p-carborane. This gives the car more grip at the back, meaning it'll pop wheelies just like a real dragster — though only when running on a road paved with gold. Even then……

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