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. 2018 Sep 18;115(38):9327-9330.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1811689115.

News Feature: What's the best way to build a molecular machine?

Stephen Ornes

News Feature: What's the best way to build a molecular machine?

Stephen Ornes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Seeking various ways to build molecular motors that can do meaningful work, researcher David Leigh came up with designs such as the one depicted here, a version of a molecular structure called a catenane that’s powered by chemical reactions. Illustration courtesy of Jo Richers (artist) and David Leigh (University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom).
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At the University of Twente, Nathalie Katsonis and her group have shown how light-driven motors embedded in liquid crystals can change those crystals. The embedded motor caused the pattern shown here to emerge in the droplet. Image courtesy of Nathalie Katsonis and Federico Lancia (University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands).
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