The race is over: Franco-Japanese Team finished in 6th place
The Blue Buggy in the race.
(Photo: Gwénaël Rapenne)
After the race, team leader, Prof. Gwénaël Rapenne says “With 150 nm, we have been ranked 6th this time but this achievement would have allowed us to be ranked 2nd
at the Nanocar Race I. All the teams improved a lot their design and technology.”
Video from Nanocar Race II
The Blue Buggy in the race (Video: UPS-NAIST-EU MEMO project).
Visit of Gwénaël Rapenne in NIMS – Nov 10, 2021
Gwénaël Rapenne (right) challenging Jonathan Hill (left), the chemist of the NIMS-MANA team. Photo by Kunihito TSUMO, NIMS-MANA.
From left to right: Shigeki Kawai (Nanocar driver, NIMS-MANA team), Tomonobu Nakayama (Team Director, NIMS-MANA team), Gwénaël Rapenne (Team Leader, Toulouse-Nara Franco-Japanese team), Katsuhiko Ariga (Nanocar Race 2 Committee), Jonathan Hill (Nanocar design, NIMS-MANA team). Photo by Kunihito TSUMO, NIMS-MANA.
Participation authorization
Prof. Rapenne (right) received an authorization certificate with Dr. Claire Kammerer (UPS; center) and Dr. Xavier Bouju (CEMES-CNRS; left). (Feb 28, 2020)
Nanocar “Blue Buggy”
Mr. Takeuchi (M2, NAIST) synthesizing the ”Blue Buggy”
“Blue Buggy” dissolved in chloroform for analysis (appear green)
Synthesized “Blue Buggy”, blue at the solid state