The biological cell is equipped with a variety of molecular machines that perform complex
mechanical tasks such as cell division or intracellular transport. One can envision employing …

The dynamic cytoskeletal components, biomolecular motors and their associated filaments,
can be integrated in vitro with synthetic components to enable nanoscale transport systems …

This paper describes research challenges in Molecular Communication, a new and
interdisciplinary research area that spans the nanotechnology, biotechnology, and …

In this review, we summarize the recent developments in the emerging field of bioactuators
across a multitude of length scales. First, we discuss the use and control of biomolecules as …

Integration of various chemical devices and complex operations onto a microchip, which is
often referred to as a micro total analysis system (μ-TAS) or lab-on-a-chip, creates extremely …

Recent advancements in molecular robotics have been greatly contributed by the progress
in various fields of science and technology, particularly in supramolecular chemistry, bio-and …

Inspired by molecular motors in biology, there has been significant progress in building
artificial molecular motors, using a number of quite distinct approaches. As the constructs …

We aimed to create an autonomous on-chip system that performs targeted delivery of lipid
vesicles (liposomes) as nano-or microscale reactors using machinery from biological …

We have established an orientation technique of microtubules and evaluated their polarities
by the movement of kinesin-coated beads quantitatively in poly (dimethyl siloxane)(PDMS) …

Mimicking nature's approach in creating devices with similar functional complexity is one of
the ultimate goals of scientists and engineers. The remarkable elegance of these naturally …