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 …

Inspired by molecular motors in biology, there has been significant progress in building
artificial molecular motors, using a number of quite distinct approaches. As the constructs …

Inspired by biology, great progress has been made in creating artificial molecular motors.
However, the dream of harnessing proteins–the building blocks selected by nature–to …

Active matter locally converts chemical energy into mechanical work and, for this reason, it
provides new mechanisms of pattern formation. In particular, active nematic fluids made of …

Complex multimaterial networks of the human body, for example, muscles, enable dynamic
autonomous movements. Bioinspired mimicry of muscular systems is of great interest in soft …

Track-walking molecular motors are the core bottom-up mechanism for nanometre-resolved
translational movements–a fundamental technological capability at the root of numerous …

Molecular motors and machines are essential for all cellular processes that together enable
life. Built from proteins with a wide range of properties, functionalities and performance …

Precision tools for spatiotemporal control of cytoskeletal motor function are needed to
dissect fundamental biological processes ranging from intracellular transport to cell …

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 …

Bacteriophage T4 and other bacteriophages have a protein component known as a
molecular needle which is used for the transmembrane reaction in the infection process. In …