title: Peptide assembly-driven metal-organic framework (MOF) motors for micro electric generators.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, City University of New York - Hunter College, New York, NY, 10065, USA; Department of Innovative Systems Engineering, Nippon Institute of Technology, 4-1, Gakuendai, Miyashiro, Saitama, 345-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikezoe
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Tomasz L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Wasik
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: Yongtai
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsui
mesh_terms: D016880:Anisotropy; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004867:Equipment Design; D017276:Friction; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D059346:Magnets; D000073396:Metal-Organic Frameworks; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D016062:Porosity; D012399:Rotation; D013500:Surface Tension; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000073396:Metal-Organic Frameworks; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010455:Peptides; C539834:bis(1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate)tricopper(II); D014867:Water
keywords: chemical motors; metal-organic frameworks; peptide assembly; power generator