Trio wins Nobel chemistry prize for 'world's smallest machines'
Their work on molecular machines may lead to new materials, sensors and energy storage systems
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JEAN-PIERRE Sauvage, J Fraser Stoddart and Bernard Feringa won the Nobel chemistry prize on Wednesday for work on molecular machines that may lead to developments such as new materials, sensors and energy storage systems.
"This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry is about the world's smallest machines," said Goran Hansson, a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences which conferred the award.
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