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Powering Nanodevices with Biomolecular Motors
Author(s) -
Hess Henry,
Bachand George D.,
Vogel Viola
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.200305712
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , molecular motor , computer science , identification (biology) , nanoscopic scale , materials science , biology , botany
Biomolecular motors, in particular motor proteins, are ideally suited to introduce chemically powered movement of selected components into devices engineered at the micro‐ and nanoscale level. The design of such hybrid “bio/nano”‐devices requires suitable synthetic environments, and the identification of unique applications. We discuss current approaches to utilize active transport and actuation on a molecular scale, and we give an outlook to the future.