Through the Eyes of Creators: Observing Artificial Molecular Motors.

ABSTRACT: Inspired by molecular motors in biology, there has been significant progress in building artificial molecular motors, using a number of quite distinct approaches. As the constructs become more sophisticated, there is also an increasing need to directly observe the motion of artificial motors at the nanoscale and to characterize their performance. Here, we review the most used methods that tackle those tasks. We aim to help experimentalists with an overview of the available tools used for different types of synthetic motors and to choose the method most suited for the size of a motor and the desired measurements, such as the generated force or distances in the moving system. Furthermore, for many envisioned applications of synthetic motors, it will be a requirement to guide and control dire

SUBMITTER: Unksov IN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9204826 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature