Abstract
Peptide-metal-organic framework (Pep-MOF) motors, whose motions are driven by anisotropic surface tension gradients created via peptide self-assembly around frameworks, can rotate microscopic rotors and magnets fast enough to generate an electric power of 0.1 μW. A new rigid Pep-MOF motor can be recycled by refilling the peptide fuel into the nanopores of the MOF.
Keywords:
chemical motors; metal-organic frameworks; peptide assembly; power generator.
© 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Anisotropy
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Electric Power Supplies*
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Equipment Design
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Friction
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Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
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Magnets
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Metal-Organic Frameworks
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Organometallic Compounds / chemistry
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Peptides / chemistry*
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Porosity
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Rotation
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Surface Tension
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Water / chemistry
Substances
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Metal-Organic Frameworks
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Organometallic Compounds
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Peptides
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bis(1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate)tricopper(II)
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Water