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SUBMITTER: Pena-Francesch A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6639312 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pena-Francesch Abdon A Giltinan Joshua J Sitti Metin M
Nature communications 20190718 1
A diversity of self-propelled chemical motors, based on Marangoni propulsive forces, has been developed in recent years. However, most motors are non-functional due to poor performance, a lack of control, and the use of toxic materials. To overcome these limitations, we have developed multifunctional and biodegradable self-propelled motors from squid-derived proteins and an anesthetic metabolite. The protein motors surpass previous reports in performance output and efficiency by several orders o ...[more]