All molecular machines articles
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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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Dual use molecular motor can drive or glow
Infrared light can flip molecular machine between rotary motion and photoluminescence
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Chemical Turing machine reads molecular tape
Crown ether ratchet reads out molecular strand’s chirality
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Molecular 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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Molecular 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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Light-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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Clippanes join rotaxanes and catenanes in mechanically interlocked molecule family
Keck-clip molecules consist of two entangled gold–carbene metallotweezers
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DNA robot controls live cells’ movement
Molecular machine walks across cell membrane to activate cellular migration
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Molecular 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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Walking protein’s tiny steps measured with germanium nanospheres
Highest ever resolution measurements suggests answer to kinesin dispute
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Feature
DNA machines get a move on
Devices made from nucleic acids are starting to find their feet, says Nina Notman
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Molecular 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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Chemists tie molecular knot with record number of crossings
Interwoven structure with 16 crossings is the one of the most complex ever made
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Catalytic nanomachine assembled by remote control
Chemical signalling drives eight-component system
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Exchange of rings shows off molecular machine's clever trick
Small ring passing through a larger one is a fundamentally new motion for a rotaxane
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Opinion
'You'd be surprised about my taste in music!'
The molecular machine maven talks reading, Jagger and winning a Nobel prize
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‘Cyborg ribosome’ reads polystyrene message to create catalyst
A simplified artificial molecular machine with a useful catalyst product hints at the potential of synthetic systems
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Longest molecular chain paves way to interlocked polymers
Polymers made of mechanically interlocked molecules could make for strong but flexible materials
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Opinion
Natural selection
Bioactive compounds don’t just inspire new synthetic strategies, they’re also the ultimate test
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