Transportation of micromachined structures by biomolecular linear motors

Author

Yokokawa, Ryuji ; Takeuchi, Shoji ; Kon, Takahide ; Ohkura, Reiko ; Edamatsu, Masaki ; Sutoh, Kazuo ; Fujita, Hiroyuki

Author_Institution

CIRMM/IIS, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2003

fDate

19-23 Jan. 2003

Firstpage

8

Lastpage

11

Abstract

We have demonstrated a novel micro/nano transportation system using the adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-driven biomolecular motors. Two kinds of linear biomolecular motor systems, microtubule- kinesin [1] and actin- myosin [2], are investigated as driving mechanisms in the system. The rail molecules, microtubules, and actin are patterned on a glass substrate using a regular soft lithography technique with poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS). A few pm order micromachined structure coated with the motor molecules was transported along the rail molecules.

Keywords

biomolecular electronics; microactuators; micromotors; nanotechnology; ATP-driven biomolecular motors; actin-myosin; biomolecular motors; glass substrate; micromachined structures; microtubule-kinesin; microtubules; nano-scale actuators; poly(dimethyl siloxane); rail molecules; soft lithography; Actuators; Art; Biomedical optical imaging; Chemical analysis; Micromechanical devices; Micromotors; Nanobioscience; Rails; Telephony; Transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, 2003. MEMS-03 Kyoto. IEEE The Sixteenth Annual International Conference on

ISSN

1084-6999

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7744-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MEMSYS.2003.1189674

Filename

1189674