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The first example of an artificial molecular machine (AMM) was reported in 1994, featuring a rotaxane with a ring and two different possible binding sites. In 2016 the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, and Bernard L. Feringa for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.
Researchers have made significant advances in terms of examining these organic processes to gain insight into their inner workings. For example, molecular Brownian motors in the form of several different types of protein exist within humans. Two common biomolecular Brownian motors are ATP synthase, a rotary motor, and myosin II, a linear motor ...
Molecular motors are natural (biological) or artificial molecular machines that are the essential agents of movement in living organisms. In general terms, a motor is a device that consumes energy in one form and converts it into motion or mechanical work ; for example, many protein -based molecular motors harness the chemical free energy ...
A Langmuir monolayer or insoluble monolayer is a one-molecule thick layer of an insoluble organic material spread onto an aqueous subphase in a Langmuir-Blodgett trough. Traditional compounds used to prepare Langmuir monolayers are amphiphilic materials that possess a hydrophilic headgroup and a hydrophobic tail.
Molecular machines a molecule that mimics the function of macroscopic machines. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. M. Motor proteins (36 P)
Nucleic acids have the property that two molecules will only bind to each other to form a double helix if the two sequences are complementary, meaning that they form matching sequences of base pairs, with A only binding to T, and C only to G. [5] [20] Because the formation of correctly matched base pairs is energetically favorable, nucleic acid ...
A Molecular Gearing System. [1]Technomimetics are molecular systems that can mimic man-made devices. The term was first introduced in 1997. [1] The current set of technomimetic molecules [2] includes motors, [3] rotors, [4] gears, [5] gyroscopes, [6] tweezers, [7] and other molecular devices. [8]
Nanoimprint Machine A form of soft lithography. Nanohacking "Hacking" at the molecular level. Nanoindentation Similar to conventional hardness testing performed on a much smaller scale. Nanolithography Writing on the nanoscale. Nanomachine An artificial molecular machine of the sort made by molecular manufacturing. Nanomachining