Abstract The Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) connects everything with intelligence,
while the increase in energy consumption generated by numerous electronic devices puts …

G-Quadruplexes attract growing interest as functional constituents in biology, chemistry,
nanotechnology, and material science. In particular, the reversible dynamic reconfiguration …

Macroscopic electric motors continue to have a large impact on almost every aspect of
modern society. Consequently, the effort towards developing molecular motors,–that can be …

Artificial or biological Brownian motors can achieve directional motion by extracting energy
from a chaotic but non-thermodynamic-equilibrium environment based on asymmetry in the …

The paper-folding mechanism has been widely adopted in building of reconfigurable
macroscale systems because of its unique capabilities and advantages in programming …

Molecular engineering seeks to create functional entities for modular use in the bottom-up
design of nanoassemblies that can perform complex tasks. Such systems require fuel …

Rotary motors play key roles in energy transduction, from macroscale windmills to
nanoscale turbines such as ATP synthase in cells. Despite our abilities to construct engines …

Synthetic chemistry has traditionally relied on reactions between reactants of high chemical
potential and transformations that proceed energetically downhill to either a global or local …

Micro/nanomotors are containers that pass through liquid media and carry cargo. Because
they are tiny, micro/nanomotors exhibit excellent potential for biosensing and disease …

Over the last two decades ratchet mechanisms have transformed the understanding and
design of stochastic molecular systems—biological, chemical and physical—in a move away …