| Posted: March 29, 2007 | |
EU nanotechnology project on molecular machines is coming to a close |
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| (Nanowerk News) The goal of BIOMACH, one of the FP6-funded Europen nanotechnology projects, was to achieve scientific prominence in the field of design and handling of nanoscale molecular machines. Launched in 2004, the project will come to a close at the end of April this year. | |
| BIOMACH was set up as a cross-disciplinary research initiative dealing with molecular machines, in particular biological and artificial motors. A close collaboration between chemists known for their expertise in designing functional (bio)molecular motors, biophysicists experienced in dealing with molecular biomachines and physicists addressing single-molecules will advance the basic understanding in this domain. | |
| The vision of this research initiative was, firstly to merge the advantages of the accessible biological and artificial systems by (self)assembling of hybrid bio-inorganic working devices, and secondly to rationalize and to operate them on the single-molecule level. | |
| The project produced 10 publications, which can be downloaded as pdf files from the project's publications section. | |
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