AUTHOR=Kim Jin-Woo , Tung Steve 

TITLE=Bio-Hybrid Micro/Nanodevices Powered by Flagellar Motor: Challenges and Strategies

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

VOLUME=3

YEAR=2015

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/bioengineering-and-biotechnology/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2015.00100

DOI=10.3389/fbioe.2015.00100

ISSN=2296-4185

ABSTRACT=<p>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.</p>