Peptide assembly-driven metal-organic framework (MOF) motors for micro electric generators.

ABSTRACT: Peptide-metal-organic framework (Pep-MOF) motors, whose motions are driven by anisotropic surface tension gradients created via peptide self-assembly around frameworks, can rotate microscopic rotors and magnets fast enough to generate an electric power of 0.1 μW. A new rigid Pep-MOF motor can be recycled by refilling the peptide fuel into the nanopores of the MOF.

SUBMITTER: Ikezoe Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4289433 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature