Bioinspired out-of-equilibrium systems will set the scene for the next generation of molecular
materials with active, adaptive, autonomous, emergent and intelligent behavior. Indeed life …

Chemically powered micro‐and nanomotors are small devices that are self‐propelled by
catalytic reactions in fluids. Taking inspiration from biomotors, scientists are aiming to find …

Nano-and micromotors are nano-and microscale devices, respectively, designed to perform
selected mechanical movements (eg, rotation, rolling, shuttling, delivery, contraction, and …

In the last two decades, considerable progress has been made in the field of molecular
biology, which has enabled a molecular-level understanding of a number of interesting …

Biological molecular motors (or biomolecular motors for short) are nature's solution to the
efficient conversion of chemical energy to mechanical movement. In biological systems …

Nature uses molecular motors and machines in virtually every significant biological process,
but demonstrating that simpler artificial structures operating through the same gross …

Robotics is a rapidly growing field, and the innovative idea to scale down the size of robots
to the nanometer level has paved a new way of treating human health. Nanorobots have …

The biological cell is equipped with a variety of molecular machines that perform complex
mechanical tasks such as cell division or intracellular transport. One can envision employing …

Conspectus “Smart” stimuli-responsive nanomaterials are becoming popular as targeted
delivery systems because they allow the use of internal or external stimuli to achieve spatial …

Biological systems are characterized by a level of spatial and temporal organization that
often lies beyond the grasp of present day methods. Light-modulated bioreagents, including …