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Dynamic Nanodevices Based on Protein Molecular Motors

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Most of the present micro/nano biodevices are designed for a single use, as opposed to ‘classical’ non-biodevices (e.g., from the steam engine to the microchip). Once their function, be that simple molecular recognition like in microarrays or even biomolecular computation as in DNA computation arrays, is fulfilled and the information is passed further to signal and information processing systems, the product becomes functionally obsolete. There are indeed a few notable exceptions, e.g., biosensors and charge-controlled DNA hybridization arrays, but even these function for a limited period of time. This one-use character of micro/nano-biodevices is more an expression of the lack of robustness of their components (e.g., proteins, cells) rather than one of economic sense. Moreover, in advanced biodevices the biomolecular recognition will help to achieve their function, rather than being their function, whichwould allowthese devices to have a continuous instead of one-off mode of operation.

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