Materials learning from life: concepts for active, adaptive and autonomous molecular systems

R Merindol, A Walther - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioinspired out-of-equilibrium systems will set the scene for the next generation of molecular
materials with active, adaptive, autonomous, emergent and intelligent behavior. Indeed life …

Single-molecule techniques in biophysics: a review of the progress in methods and applications

H Miller, Z Zhou, J Shepherd… - Reports on Progress …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Single-molecule biophysics has transformed our understanding of biology, but also of the
physics of life. More exotic than simple soft matter, biomatter lives far from thermal …

A cargo-sorting DNA robot

AJ Thubagere, W Li, RF Johnson, Z Chen, S Doroudi… - Science, 2017 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Since the 1980s, the design and synthesis of molecular machines has
been identified as a grand challenge for molecular engineering. Robots are an important …

A biomimetic DNA-based channel for the ligand-controlled transport of charged molecular cargo across a biological membrane

JR Burns, A Seifert, N Fertig, S Howorka - Nature nanotechnology, 2016 - nature.com
Biological ion channels are molecular gatekeepers that control transport across cell
membranes. Recreating the functional principle of such systems and extending it beyond …

Enzyme-free nucleic acid dynamical systems

N Srinivas, J Parkin, G Seelig, E Winfree, D Soloveichik - Science, 2017 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Embedded controllers enable complex functionality in man-made
mechanical and electronic devices. Similarly, intricate regulatory networks within living …

Programmable molecular transport achieved by engineering protein motors to move on DNA nanotubes

R Ibusuki, T Morishita, A Furuta, S Nakayama… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Intracellular transport is the basis of microscale logistics within cells and is powered by
biomolecular motors. Mimicking transport for in vitro applications has been widely studied; …

Binding to nanopatterned antigens is dominated by the spatial tolerance of antibodies

A Shaw, IT Hoffecker, I Smyrlaki, J Rosa… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Although repetitive patterns of antigens are crucial for certain immune responses, an
understanding of how antibodies bind and dynamically interact with various spatial …

Non-equilibrium assembly of microtubules: from molecules to autonomous chemical robots

H Hess, JL Ross - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Biological systems have evolved to harness non-equilibrium processes from the molecular
to the macro scale. It is currently a grand challenge of chemistry, materials science, and …

Synthetic systems powered by biological molecular motors

G Saper, H Hess - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
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 …

A printable active network actuator built from an engineered biomolecular motor

T Nitta, Y Wang, Z Du, K Morishima, Y Hiratsuka - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
Leveraging the motion and force of individual molecular motors in a controlled manner to
perform macroscopic tasks can provide substantial benefits to many applications, including …