Conspectus Molecular machines are an important and emerging frontier in research
encompassing interdisciplinary subjects of chemistry, physics, biology, and nanotechnology …

The efficient conversion of chemical energy into mechanical work by specialized biological
nanomachines enables a wide range of functions in nature, ranging from intracellular …

Biological molecular motors (or biomolecular motors for short) are nature's solution to the
efficient conversion of chemical energy to mechanical movement. In biological systems …

Biomolecular motors, in particular motor proteins, are ideally suited to introduce chemically
powered movement of selected components into devices engineered at the micro‐and …

Since we have learned that biological organisms like ourselves are driven by tiny biological
molecular motors we try to design and produce artificial molecular motors. However, despite …

Improving our understanding of biological motors, both to fully comprehend their activities in
vital processes, and to exploit their impressive abilities for use in bionanotechnology, is …

Motor proteins are nature's solution for directing movement at the molecular level. The field
of artificial molecular motors takes inspiration from these tiny but powerful machines …

Conspectus Biomolecular motors, such as the motor protein kinesin, can be used as off-the-
shelf components to power hybrid nanosystems. These hybrid systems combine elements …

Movement is one of the central attributes of life, and a key feature in many technological
processes. While artificial motion is typically provided by macroscopic engines powered by …

Molecular systems that exhibit controlled or coordinated rotary motion are discussed in this
chapter. These systems represent a reproduction of a variety of macroscopic mechanical …