Papers:
Actin Adsorbed on HOPG and Mica Substrates: Characterization and Manipulation by Atomic Force Microscopy
We report on the fabrication of nanostructures built of actin using the Atomic Force Microscopy and molecularly organised substrata, i.e. HOPG and mica. We obtained both ‘paracrystalline rafts’ of actin adsorbed onto hydrophobic HOPG, as [...]
A Molecular Motor that Links the Biological and Silicon Worlds
The EcoR124I restriction endonuclease is also a biological molecular motor. It is able to attach to DNA at a specific location and then translocate the rest of the DNA molecule through the bound complex. Therefore, [...]
Viral Protein Linear (VPL) Nano-Actuators
Dubey A., Sharma G., Mavroidis C., Tomassone S.M., Nikitczuk K.P., Yarmush M.L., Northeastern University, US
The Bio-Nano-Robotics Group at Rutgers is interested in achieving efficient motion/energy conversion through nanoscale mechanical devices made from biomolecules, such as proteins and DNA, in tandem with synthetic devices such as carbon nanotubes. In a [...]
Biomimetic Molecules as Building Blocks for Synthetic Muscles – A Proposal
Flood A.H., Badjic J., Han J-Y, Pentecost C., Northrop B.H., Cantrill S.J., Houk K.N., Stoddart J.F., UCLA and CNSI, US
Biomolecular motors are natures machines that convert chemical energy into mechanical work. The performance and scale of these systems are believed to derive from their precise positioning and alignment into organized hierarchical levels at the [...]
MEMS Biofluidic Device Concept Based on a Supramolecular Motor
Knieser M.J., Knieser M.R., Pidaparti R., Kadioglu F., Harris R.D., Knieser M.J., Knieser M.R., Hsu A., Indiana Univerisity Purdue University Indianapolis, US
The supramolecular machine, called the nuclear pore complex (NPC), controls the transport of all cellular material between the cytoplasm and the nucleus that occurs naturally in all biological cells. In the presence of appropriate chemical [...]
A Mechanistic Model of the Motility of Actin Filaments on Myosin
The motility of acto-myosin is crucial to cell motility, muscular contraction, cell division etc.; and recently to several hybrid dynamic devices based on protein molecular motors. In a sense, the in vitro motility assay, which [...]
A Proposal Conceptualization of a Hybrid Bio-Moto-Reductor Actuator and the “Virtual Shaft” Hypothesis
Motors are one of the most used motion devices in so many places, with high impact in the industry; they provide rotary motions that generate useful work at almost any particular application. Most of the [...]
Journal: TechConnect Briefs
Volume: 1, Technical Proceedings of the 2004 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Volume 1
Published: March 7, 2004
Industry sector: Medical & Biotech
Topic: Biomaterials
ISBN: 0-9728422-7-6