All molecular machines articles
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NewsSimple organic catalyst walks phosphate groups along sugar backbones
Inspired by nature, method is first example of autonomous mechanical motion in small molecules
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FeatureMolecular ratchets: unlocking the chemistry of biological motion
Motor proteins power everything from muscle contraction to bacterial swimming. While replicating their chemically fuelled directional motion in the laboratory has proved difficult, researchers are making progress and developing molecular ratchets and motors that do useful work
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ResearchMolecular motor stitches together catenane rings
The light-powered system produces interlocked rings, without the need for templating strategies
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NewsMolecular machines won a Nobel prize nine years ago, but we still can’t decide what one is
World authority on chemistry nomenclature aims to clean up molecular machine terminology
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OpinionTake two polls to help Iupac define molecular machines
An Iupac committee wants your input to guide its recommendations for key terms in the field
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Research‘Simplistic’ molecular motor avoids complex synthesis
Adsorbate motor contains no rotating parts, but moves with 100% unidirectionality and can transport cargo
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NewsLight-activated molecular motor drives drug delivery
Drug-delivery system is a ‘step towards using molecular motors in the clinic’
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ResearchMolecular motor running on electricity mimics biological motors
The nanomachine is based on a [3]catenane and isn’t operated through a microscope tip, unlike others
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ResearchDual use molecular motor can drive or glow
Infrared light can flip molecular machine between rotary motion and photoluminescence
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ResearchChemical Turing machine reads molecular tape
Crown ether ratchet reads out molecular strand’s chirality
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ResearchMolecular machine drills holes in antibiotic-resistant bacteria killing them
Bacteria aren’t able to develop resistance against nanomotor’s deadly action
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ResearchMolecular ratchet made from only 26 atoms rotates in one direction
Chiral fuel drives molecular machine’s rotation, mimicking fundamental biological processes
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ResearchLight-driven molecular motor made from entirely renewable resources
Green synthetic strategy leads to first light-driven molecular motor from wood biomass
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ResearchClippanes join rotaxanes and catenanes in mechanically interlocked molecule family
Keck-clip molecules consist of two entangled gold–carbene metallotweezers
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ResearchDNA robot controls live cells’ movement
Molecular machine walks across cell membrane to activate cellular migration
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ResearchMolecular machines talk to living cells for the first time
Artificial molecular motors gently pull on cells’ membrane receptors to trigger a biochemical response
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ResearchWalking protein’s tiny steps measured with germanium nanospheres
Highest ever resolution measurements suggests answer to kinesin dispute
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FeatureDNA machines get a move on
Devices made from nucleic acids are starting to find their feet, says Nina Notman
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ResearchMolecular machine enables polyrotaxane synthesis with unprecedented precision
Artificial pumps can add up to 10 molecular rings onto polymer dumbbells in a controlled manner
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ResearchChemists tie molecular knot with record number of crossings
Interwoven structure with 16 crossings is the one of the most complex ever made