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I changed the paragraph on fluorene motors reported by Feringa et al. The t-Butyl motor is much faster than the methyl one that was there before (and is the fastest one they reported to date). Also, the reason these motors are much faster is not due to less steric hindrance around the central double bond, as in that case the methyl version should be faster. I'm with gerrit 19:04, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

As I'm writing a review on molecular devices in general and synthetic molecular motors in particular, I decided to donate some of my images and text to this Wikipedia article. In the coming days, I will make additional improvements to this article in order to make it more up to date and accurate. Any feedback is welcome. TommyCP 20:08, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

I think that there may be an error in the new Kelly image. The third molecule appears to be missing the teather. M stone 04:42, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

I checked the new Kelly image, comparing it with Kelly's 1999 Nature and 2007 JACS publications, however, I couldn't find anything wrong with it. Please note that in the old image,'a', 'b', 'c', etc. were used to denote the different structures/conformations, whereas in the new image they are used to denote the different processes which are involved in its rotation mechanism. Maybe this got you confused? TommyCP 08:21, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

No wait, I see what you mean. Indeed, the tether is missing. I'll upload a new image shortly. TommyCP 08:33, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Merge proposal

It seems to me that this article discusses a few particular synthetic molecular motors, while the molecular machine article is more general about the topic. The two particular cases described here in synthetic molecular motors would fit well within the more general article molecular machine. Is there a consensus on this? Please list below whether you support or oppose this merger. --chodges (talk) 19:11, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

I strongly oppose the merger. Synthetic molecular motors are a very specific and active area of research. The topic deserves it's own page. There is an entire category of other individual types of molecule machines.[1] Each one deserves its own page. M stone (talk) 21:17, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Well I think you missed the point, but it is clear we have no consensus on the proposed merger. --chodges (talk) 23:09, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

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