Biomolecular motors as novel prime movers for microTAS: Microfabrication and material issue

Abstract

Biomolecular motors that have high efficiency and can generate substantial forces per motor but are truly nanoscopic are promising movers for microTAS. We demonstrate the feasibility of achieving unidirectional motion of microtubules though a microfluidic channel and concentrating microtubules and also describe an incompatibility between a commonly-used material (PDMS) and the motility of labeled microtubules