Toward kinesin-powered microdevices

Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 47-51

  Limberis, Loren ^a   Stewart, Russell J ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PROTEINS;

KINESIN MOTOR PROTEINS;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0033691926     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/11/2/301     Document Type: Article

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