ArticleNature nanotechnology2009
A smart dust biosensor powered by kinesin motors.
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- Surface-limited reactions for spatial control of kinesin-microtubule motility assays using indirect irradiation of an electron beam.Biomicrofluidics · 2022Article
- Quantitative Analysis of Drag Force for Task-Specific Micromachine at Low Reynolds Numbers.Micromachines · 2022Article
- Through the Eyes of Creators: Observing Artificial Molecular Motors.ACS nanoscience Au · 2022Review
- Fluctuation in the Sliding Movement of Kinesin-Driven Microtubules Is Regulated Using the Deep-Sea Osmolyte TrimethylamineACS omega · 2022Article
- Linking path and filament persistence lengths of microtubules gliding over kinesin.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Nano/Micromotors in Active Matter.Micromachines · 2022Review
- A printable active network actuator built from an engineered biomolecular motor.Nature materials · 2021Article
- Unprecedented Fluorophore Photostability Enabled by Low-Loss Organic Hyperbolic Materials.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2021Article
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- Molecular dynamics simulation of the nanosecond pulsed electric field effect on kinesin nanomotor.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- An automated in vitro motility assay for high-throughput studies of molecular motors.Lab on a chip · 2018Article
- Combining Structure-Function and Single-Molecule Studies on Cytoplasmic Dynein.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2018Article
- Non-equilibrium assembly of microtubules: from molecules to autonomous chemical robots.Chemical Society reviews · 2017Review
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Abstract
Biosensors can be miniaturized by either injecting smaller volumes into micro- and nanofluidic devices or immersing increasingly sophisticated particles known as 'smart dust' into the sample. The term 'smart dust' originally referred to cubic-millimetre wireless semiconducting sensor devices that could invisibly monitor the environment in buildings and public spaces, but later it also came to include functional micrometre-sized porous silicon particles used to monitor yet smaller environments. The principal challenge in designing smart dust biosensors is integrating transport functions with energy supply into the device. Here, we report a hybrid microdevice that is powered by ATP and relies on antibody-functionalized microtubules and kinesin motors to transport the target analyte into a detection region. The transport step replaces the wash step in traditional double-antibody sandwich assays. Owing to their small size and autonomous function, we envision that large numbers of such smart dust biosensors could be inserted into organisms or distributed into the environment for remote sensing.
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