Dream nanomachines
Dream nanomachines
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DOI：
10.1002/adma.200501767
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发表时间：
2005-12-16
影响因子：
29.4
通讯作者：
Arsenault, A
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作者：
Ozin, GA;Manners, I;Arsenault, A
通过流体环境进行纳米尺度的运动是当今纳米科学面临的巨大挑战之一。我们的愿景是合成、探测、理解和利用由纳米级构建块制成的新型电机，这些电机从原位化学反应中获得机载或机外动力。产生的机械功允许这些电机在流体相中移动，同时或顺序执行一项或一系列任务。这些微型机器，无论是单独的还是组装成设计好的架构，有一天可能会在人体内运输药物，在细胞中进行操作，在微流控芯片周围移动货物，管理光束，搅拌靠近电极表面的液体，以及搜索并破坏污染水流中的有毒有机分子。这些只是“纳米机器梦想”，还是“梦想纳米机器”？最近一些令人兴奋的发展表明，在不远的将来，故事将以令人惊叹的化学动力纳米机器的世界展开！
Locomotion on the nanoscale through a fluid environment is one of the grand challenges confronting nanoscience today. The vision is to synthesize, probe, understand, and utilize a new class of motors made from nanoscale building blocks that derive on-board or off-board power from in-situ chemical reactions. The generated mechanical work allows these motors to move through a fluid phase while simultaneously or sequentially performing a task or series of tasks. Such tiny machines, individually or assembled into designed architectures, might someday transport medicine in the human body, conduct operations in cells, move cargo around microfluidic chips, manage light beams, agitate liquids close to electrode surfaces, and search for and destroy toxic organic molecules in polluted water streams. Are these just "nanomachine dreams", or "dream nanomachines"? Some very recent exciting developments suggest that a world of amazing chemically powered nanomachines will be the way the story unfolds in the not-too-distant future!