Can man-made nanomachines compete with nature biomotors?

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-9

  Wang, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomotors; Microsystems; Motion; Nanomachines; Nanomotors; Nanoscale transport; Nanowires; Propulsion

Indexed keywords

BIOMOTORS; MOTION; NANOMACHINES; NANOMOTORS; NANOSCALE TRANSPORT;

ELECTRIC WIRE; ELECTROCATALYSIS; MICROSYSTEMS; NANOWIRES; PROPULSION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

ALLOY; HYDROGEN; METAL NANOPARTICLE; MOLECULAR MOTOR; NANOMATERIAL; NANOWIRE; OXYGEN;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHORESIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

ALLOYS; CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHORESIS; HYDROGEN; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; OXYGEN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 61849101948     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800829k     Document Type: Review

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