Dynamic guiding of motor-driven microtubules on electrically heated, smart polymer tracks
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Contributors
Abstract
Biomolecular motor systems are attractive for future nanotechnological devices because they can replace nanofluidics by directed transport. However, the lack of methods to externally control motor-driven transport along complex paths limits their range of applications. Based on a thermo-responsive polymer, we developed a novel technique to guide microtubules propelled by kinesin-1 motors on a planar surface. Using electrically heated gold microstructures, the polymers were locally collapsed, creating dynamically switchable tracks that successfully guided microtubule movement.
Details
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3434-3438 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Nano letters |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| Publication status | Published - 10 Jul 2013 |
| Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
| Scopus | 84880156150 |
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| ORCID | /0000-0002-0750-8515/work/142235532 |
Keywords
Research priority areas of TU Dresden
Keywords
- Energy Transfer, Heating/methods, Kinesins/chemistry, Microtubules/chemistry, Molecular Motor Proteins/chemistry, Motion, Transducers