Bio-Hybrid Micro/Nanodevices Powered by Flagellar Motor: Challenges and Strategies.
Molecular motors, which are precision engineered by nature, offer exciting possibilities for bio-hybrid engineered systems. They could enable real applications ranging from micro/nano fluidics, to biosensing, to medical diagnoses. This review describes the fundamental biological insights and fascinating potentials of these remarkable sensing and actuation machines, in particular, bacterial flagellar motors, as well as their engineering perspectives with regard to applications in bio-engineered hybrid systems.
Bio/Nano Technology Laboratory, Institute for Nanoscience and Engineering, University of Arkansas , Fayetteville, AR , USA ; Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas , Fayetteville, AR , USA.
Jin-Woo
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Kim
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas , Fayetteville, AR , USA.
Steve
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Tung
bio-MEMS; bio-hybrid engineered systems; biosensing; flagellar motors; medical diagnosis; nanobiotechnology