Robust rotation of rotor in a thermally driven nanomotor

Kun Cai, Jingzhou Yu, Jiao Shi, Qing Hua Qin*

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    Abstract

    In the fabrication of a thermally driven rotary nanomotor with the dimension of a few nanometers, fabrication and control precision may have great influence on rotor's stability of rotational frequency (SRF). To investigate effects of uncertainty of some major factors including temperature, tube length, axial distance between tubes, diameter of tubes and the inward radial deviation (IRD) of atoms in stators on the frequency's stability, theoretical analysis integrating with numerical experiments are carried out. From the results obtained via molecular dynamics simulation, some key points are illustrated for future fabrication of the thermal driven rotary nanomotor.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number46159
    JournalScientific Reports
    Volume7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 10 Apr 2017

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