Molecular motor

Electrically driven directional motion of a four-wheeled molecule on a metal surface

Tibor Kudernác, Nopporn Ruangsupapichat, Manfred Parschau, Beatriz Maciá, Nathalie Katsonis, Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan, Karl‐Heinz Ernst, Ben L. Feringa

Citations: 762 • 2011

Conversion of light into macroscopic helical motion

Supitchaya Iamsaard, Sarah J. Aßhoff, Benjamin Matt, Tibor Kudernác, Jeroen J. L. M. Cornelissen, Stephen P. Fletcher, Nathalie Katsonis

Citations: 749 • 2014

The Art of Building Small: From Molecular Switches to Motors (Nobel Lecture)

Ben L. Feringa

Citations: 749 • 2017

Light-driven molecular switches and motors

Ben L. Feringa, Nagatoshi Koumura, Richard A. van Delden, M.K.J.Ter Wiel

Citations: 94 • 2002

Light‐Driven Self‐Oscillating Behavior of Liquid‐Crystalline Networks Triggered by Dynamic Isomerization of Molecular Motors

Jian Sun, Wei Hu, Lanying Zhang, Ruochen Lan, Huai Yang, Deng‐Ke Yang

Citations: 91 • 2021

Nanorobots: Machines Squeezed between Molecular Motors and Micromotors

Filip Novotný, Hong Wang, Martin Pumera

Citations: 86 • 2020

Photo‐responsive Helical Motion by Light‐Driven Molecular Motors in a Liquid‐Crystal Network

Jiaxin Hou, Anirban Mondal, Guiying Long, Laurens de Haan, Wei Zhao, Guofu Zhou, Danqing Liu, Dirk J. Broer, Jiawen Chen, Ben L. Feringa

Citations: 83 • 2021

Mechanical adaptability of artificial muscles from nanoscale molecular action

Federico Lancia, Alexander Ryabchun, Anne‐Déborah C. Nguindjel, Supaporn Kwangmettatam, Nathalie Katsonis

Citations: 82 • 2019

The tiniest Lego: a tale of nanoscale motors, rotors, switches and pumps

Mark Peplow

Citations: 71 • 2015

A printable active network actuator built from an engineered biomolecular motor

T. Nitta, Yingzhe Wang, Zhao Du, Keisuke Morishima, Y. Hiratsuka

Citations: 71 • 2021

Phototriggered Complex Motion by Programmable Construction of Light-Driven Molecular Motors in Liquid Crystal Networks

Jiaxin Hou, Guiying Long, Wei Zhao, Guofu Zhou, Danqing Liu, Dirk J. Broer, Ben L. Feringa, Jiawen Chen

Citations: 70 • 2022

Light‐Driven Liquid Crystalline Networks and Soft Actuators with Degree‐of‐Freedom‐Controlled Molecular Motors

Ruochen Lan, Jian Sun, Chen Shen, Rui Huang, Zhongping Zhang, Cong Ma, Jinying Bao, Lanying Zhang, Ling Wang, Deng‐Ke Yang, Huai Yang

Citations: 69 • 2020

Cooperative cargo transportation by a swarm of molecular machines

Mousumi Akter, Jakia Jannat Keya, Kentaro Kayano, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Daisuke Inoue, Henry Hess, Kazuki Sada, Akinori Kuzuya, Hiroyuki Asanuma, Akira Kakugo

Citations: 65 • 2022

3D printed protein-based robotic structures actuated by molecular motor assemblies

Haiyang Jia, Johannes Flommersfeld, Michaël Heymann, Sven Vogel, Henri G. Franquelim, David B. Brückner, Hiromune Eto, Chase P. Broedersz, Petra Schwille

Citations: 55 • 2022

Biomimetic actuators: where technology and cell biology merge

Michael Knoblauch, Winfried S. Peters

Citations: 54 • 2004

Shape‐Programmable Liquid‐Crystalline Polyurethane‐Based Multimode Actuators Triggered by Light‐Driven Molecular Motors

Jinying Bao, Zizheng Wang, Chenjie Song, Yuhan Zhang, Zhaozhong Li, Lanying Zhang, Ruochen Lan, Huai Yang

Citations: 51 • 2023

Track-walking molecular motors: a new generation beyond bridge-burning designs

Zhisong Wang, Ruizheng Hou, Iong Ying Loh

Citations: 39 • 2019

Nanoscale Transport Enables Active Self-Assembly of Millimeter-Scale Wires

Ofer Idan, Amy T. Lam, Jovan Kamcev, John Gonzales, Ashutosh Agarwal, Henry Hess

Citations: 36 • 2011

Amplifying Molecular Scale Rotary Motion: The Marriage of Overcrowded Alkene Molecular Motor with Liquid Crystals

Ruochen Lan, Jinying Bao, Rui Huang, Zizheng Wang, Lanying Zhang, Chen Shen, Qian Wang, Huai Yang

Citations: 33 • 2022

Macroscopic motion from synchronized molecular power strokes

Alexander Ryabchun, Federico Lancia, Jiawen Chen, Rémi Plamont, Dmitry Morozov, Ben L. Feringa, Nathalie Katsonis

Citations: 27 • 2023