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artificial molecular motors

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Artificial molecular motors are synthetic molecular machines designed to generate directional movement. The review presents their principal designs and modes of operation.

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Resources required

The abstract does not specify build requirements, cofactors, or assay systems for particular motor classes.

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What problem it solves

These systems aim to control movement at the molecular scale rather than only static switching between states.

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What it does not solve

The abstract does not show that all synthetic molecular machines achieve robust directional motion, and it notes that key challenges remain.

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Alternatives

The abstract contrasts artificial molecular motors with natural motor proteins as the biological inspiration. It also notes that synthetic molecular motors can be used as multistate switches, which is related but not the main focus here.

Source 1DOIPubMed

Evidence Snippets

The field of artificial molecular motors takes inspiration from these tiny but powerful machines. In this review an overview is given of the principal designs of artificial molecular motors and their modes of operation.
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Claim 1application scopesupports2017Source 1DOIPubMed

Synthetic molecular motors have found widespread application as multistate switches, but the review focuses on directional movement.

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Although synthetic molecular motors have also found widespread application as (multistate) switches, we focus on the control of directional movement, both at the molecular scale and at larger magnitudes.
Claim 2challenge statementsupports2017Source 1DOIPubMed

Key challenges remain in the field of artificial molecular motors.

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We identify some key challenges remaining in the field.
Claim 3review scopesupports2017Source 1DOIPubMed

This review provides an overview of the principal designs of artificial molecular motors and their modes of operation.

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In this review an overview is given of the principal designs of artificial molecular motors and their modes of operation.