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Sir Fraser Stoddart synthesised artificial molecular machines for first time

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Organic chemist Sir Fraser Stoddart synthesised artificial molecular machines for the first time in 1991 .

They mimic the way that some biological materials are able to move in a quasi-mechanical, interlocking way.

His work bridged the gap between chemistry and engineering challenges of operating at the very small scale of nanoelectrical systems.

Knighted in 2006 , he received the Albert Einstein world award of science.

Knighted a fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh , winning the Davy medal in 2008 and the Royal medal in 2010 .

In 1968 he married Norma Scholan , a biochemist, and he is survived by their daughters, Fiona and Alison .