Synthesis and Applications of Nanomolecular Motors and Nanomachines

A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "B:Biology and Biomedicine".

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Department of chemical engineering, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran 801, Iran
Interests: nanomolecular motors; quantum biology; hybrid batteries for vehicle applications; QM/MM methods

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

One of the big dreams of nanoscience is manufacturing machines which work on the nanometer scale. Nano structures, including metals, semiconductors, magnetic materials, polymers, bio molecules, can be integrated together to perform as a multifunctional nanomaterial, in which more than one characteristic can appear in their material properties, simultaneously. For instance, by shuttling programmable Nano-machines into the tumor mass we could modify the genetic program and energetics of cancer cells. As such, we could slow down the progression speed of cancer down the axis of time. Although several kinds of Nano machines already exist (some in nature and some made by scientists), there are already true Nano motors on Si chips, where the axis of the motor is a multi-walled carbon nanotube, as well as molecular machines made with azobenzene with two positions (trans and cis states) that, like an optical sensors, are worked via switching from trans to cis under UV light. Moreover, organic machines on surfaces such as hexa-tert-butyl decacyclene (HtBDC) C60H66 can move on a Cu (110) metal surface, or biological machines that include artificial Nano-muscles, ATP synthase motors and various other forms. This Special Issue welcomes all contributions on the synthesis and applications of Nano molecular motors and Nano machines in the study of molecular designing for nano systems of physical chemistry subjects , biochemical and molecular biology by means of both experimental and molecular dynamic simulation methods.

Prof. Dr. Majid Monajjemi
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • nanomachines
  • nanomolecular motors
  • molecular motors sensors
  • biological machining systems
  • ATP synthase motors
  • microtubules as a micro machine
  • optical sensors
  • organic machines

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