Among them, light-triggered molecular motors are a category of photochemical switches with two parts that produce unidirectional mechanical motion at the nanoscale, on demand, upon external stimuli.

The molecular motor is made up of two identical halves, linked by a double carbon-carbon bond that acts as the axle. By sequentially exposing the molecule to UV-light and heat, unidirectional ...

Up till now GTP was thought to be not used for mechanical action like molecular motors, but recent research by Anupam Singh and colleagues in Nature Physics (press release) has shown that two ...

Scientists from Delft, Vienna, and Lausanne discovered that the protein machines that shape our DNA can switch direction.

The first molecular motor created by Ben Feringa was described 25 years ago (on 9-9-1999) in the journal Nature. It brought Feringa a 1/3 share in the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

DNA motors found to switch gears Date: January 16, 2025 Source: Delft University of Technology Summary: Scientists have discovered that the protein machines that shape our DNA can switch direction ...

Molecular machines can already act as switches, shuttles, motors, or pumps, but most only work in solution, where it’s difficult to coordinate their activity. To help the minute gadgets perform ...

DNA origami has enabled the development of a nanoscale molecular rotary motor that can generate more energy per second than is released when two ATP molecules are split.

Scientists used molecular motors to manipulate the protein matrix on which bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells are grown. Rotating motors altered the protein structure, which resulted in a ...

Artificial molecular switches and machines have undergone rapid advances over the past several decades. Particularly, artificial molecular motors are highly attractive from the viewpoint of ...