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Design Principles for Molecular Machines by Ioana Iuliana is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document outlines some key design principles for creating artificial molecular machines based on lessons from natural biological machines. It discusses how Brownian motion dominates at the molecular scale and how molecular machines must operate differently than macroscale machines due to low Reynolds numbers. Biological machines provide useful examples, as they have evolved to utilize chemical energy and operate under conditions of high viscosity and Brownian motion. Future synthetic molecular machines

Author

Ioana Iuliana

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