Abstract
We introduce a family of molecular rotors that may convert light or chemical energy into directed translational motion along surfaces. The dependencies of diffusion coefficient and drift velocity of the rotating molecule on the magnitude of external torque, symmetry of surface potential, and temperature have been investigated. Our simulations show that the rotation-translation coupling could be very effective, and the molecule may move by approximately one surface lattice spacing per complete rotation. We have found that the unidirectionality of the rotary motion is not required to produce efficient directed sliding; this effect can be achieved by applying a time-periodic, or even randomly, oscillating torque which induces alternating molecular reorientations but does not generate complete rotations.
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