Helix Inversion Controlled by Molecular Motors in Multistate Liquid Crystals.
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DOI: 10.1002/adma.202004420
Abstract: Unravelling the rules of molecular motion is a contemporary challenge that promises to support the development of responsive materials and is likely to enhance the understanding of functional motion. Advances in integrating light-driven molecular motors… read more here.
Keywords: controlled molecular; liquid crystals; inversion controlled; molecular motors ... See more keywords
Toward Fast and Efficient Visible‐Light‐Driven Molecular Motors: A Minimal Design
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DOI: 10.1002/open.201800089
Abstract: Abstract A key goal in the development of light‐driven rotary molecular motors is to facilitate their usage in biology and medicine by shifting the required irradiation wavelengths from the UV regime to the nondestructive visible… read more here.
Keywords: minimal design; visible light; light driven; molecular motors ... See more keywords
High-Speed Optical Tweezers for the Study of Single Molecular Motors.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8556-2_9
Abstract: Mechanical transitions in molecular motors often occur on a submillisecond time scale and rapidly follow binding of the motor with its cytoskeletal filament. Interactions of nonprocessive molecular motors with their filament can be brief and… read more here.
Keywords: optical tweezers; speed optical; tweezers study; spectroscopy ... See more keywords
Dynamics of Vesicles Driven Into Closed Constrictions by Molecular Motors.
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DOI: 10.1007/s11538-020-00820-0
Abstract: We study the dynamics of a model of membrane vesicle transport into dendritic spines, which are bulbous intracellular compartments in neurons driven by molecular motors. We reduce the lubrication model proposed in Fai et al.… read more here.
Keywords: dynamics vesicles; vesicle; vesicles driven; molecular motors ... See more keywords
Electrostatic differences: A possible source for the functional differences between MCF7 and brain microtubules.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.09.012
Abstract: Recent studies suggested a link between diversity of beta tubulin isotypes in microtubule structures and the regulatory roles that they play not only on microtubules' intrinsic dynamic, but also on the translocation characteristics of some… read more here.
Keywords: mcf7 microtubules; differences mcf7; brain microtubules; molecular motors ... See more keywords
Nanorobots: Machines Squeezed between Molecular Motors and Micromotors
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2019.12.028
Abstract: Summary The development of a new set of tools is often a culminating point in humanity’s understanding and harnessing of nature. So-called “micro/nanomotors” are artificial machines that convert chemical energy to propulsion and have already… read more here.
Keywords: motors micromotors; nanorobots machines; machines squeezed; molecular motors ... See more keywords
Photo- and Redox-Driven Artificial Molecular Motors.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00291
Abstract: Directed motion at the nanoscale is a central attribute of life, and chemically driven motor proteins are nature's choice to accomplish it. Motivated and inspired by such bionanodevices, in the past few decades chemists have… read more here.
Keywords: photo redox; artificial molecular; redox driven; molecular motors ... See more keywords
Martini 3 Coarse-Grained Model for Second-Generation Unidirectional Molecular Motors and Switches
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00796
Abstract: Artificial molecular motors (MMs) and switches (MSs), capable of undergoing unidirectional rotation or switching under the appropriate stimuli, are being utilized in multiple complex and chemically diverse environments. Although thorough theoretical work utilizing QM and… read more here.
Keywords: model second; grained model; molecular motors; coarse grained ... See more keywords
Collective force generation by molecular motors is determined by strain-induced unbinding.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04445
Abstract: In the living cell, we encounter a large variety of motile processes such as organelle transport and cytoskeleton remodeling. These processes are driven by motor proteins that generate force by transducing chemical free energy into… read more here.
Keywords: collective force; generation; force; motor ... See more keywords
Unidirectional Rotary Motion in Isotopically Chiral Molecular Motors: A Computational Analysis
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c02436
Abstract: Molecular dynamics simulations are performed to explore if isotopic chirality can induce unidirectional rotary motion in molecular motors operated through double-bond photoisomerizations. Using a high-quantum yield motor featuring a chemically asymmetric carbon atom as reference,… read more here.
Keywords: motion; molecular motors; motion isotopically; unidirectional rotary ... See more keywords
Chirality-Specific Unidirectional Rotation of Molecular Motors on Cu(111)
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DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c12720
Abstract: Molecular motors have chemical properties that enable unidirectional motion, thus breaking microscopic reversibility. They are well studied in solution, but much less is known regarding their behavior on solid surfaces. Here, single motor molecules adsorbed… read more here.
Keywords: unidirectional rotation; molecule; rotation; motor ... See more keywords