Prof. Jean-Pierre Sauvage of the University of Strasbourg, France, Sir James Fraser Stoddart of Northwestern University, and the University of Groningen, the Netherlands Prof. Bernard Feringa won the most important award from Nobel. They were awarded for their contribution to the design and synthesis of molecular machines.
In this area, China also has a leading world standard. The field of research performed by the Tian Ye academician research team at East China University of Science and Technology is precisely the design and synthesis of molecular machines. The award of a Nobel Prize in this area will help commercial applications as soon as possible.
"Swallowing" a surgeon
“Molecular Machine†is also called a bio-nano machine. Components are mainly biomolecules such as proteins. They have small size, diversity, self-adaptation, rely on only chemical energy or heat energy, molecular modulation and other incomparable performance of artificial The discovery of science and bionics are of great significance.
The "Molecular Machine" was proposed in 1959 as a concept of nanotechnology. At that time, the famous physicist Richard Feynman boldly predicted that the molecular machine will play a key role in the future of nanorobot surgery and the positioning of drugs in the human body. He said: "Although this idea sounds crazy, but if people can swallow a surgeon, such an operation will be very interesting." He said that as long as the surgeon put into the body's blood, he will be able to reach The heart, and see what went wrong, then he will take out a knife and cut off the bad places, such as the tumor site.
Feynman's ideas were soon reflected in a science fiction film. In 1966, the American film Fantastic Voyage talked about how a submarine fleet was scaled down and injected into a scientist's body to perform vascular surgery for him to save his life.
Today, 50 years later, although people still do not turn science fiction films into reality, Feynman's predictions are still being confirmed by many people. Scientists hope that one day they will be able to transport chemotherapeutic drugs directly to the body where they are needed to kill tumor cells without harming good cells. However, this process of proof is long. Just as Fraser Stoddart, one of the Nobel Prize winners in chemistry, said: "It can't happen overnight, it takes a long time and the talented people work together."