Journal
CHEM
Volume 4, Issue 11, Pages 2670-2684Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2018.08.030
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- NSFC/China [21421004, 21790361, 21672060, 21788102, 21420102004]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [WJ1616011, WJ1213007, 222201717003]
- Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities [B16017]
- Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project
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Muscle tissue performs crucial contraction/extension motions that generate mechanical force and work by consuming chemical energy. Inspired by this naturally created biomolecular machine, artificial molecular muscles are designed and synthesized to undertake linear actuation functions. However, most of these muscle-like actuators are performed at large ensembles, while to realize the nanoscale actuation at the single-to few-molecule level remains challenging. Herein, we developed an artificial muscle-like molecular actuator that can reversibly control the proximity of the attached nano-objects, gold nanoparticles, within the single-molecule length level by its stimuli-responsive muscle-like linear contraction/extension motion. The molecular actuation motion is accompanied by an optical signal output resulting from the plasmonic resonance properties of gold nanoparticles. Meanwhile, the thermal noise of the muscle-like molecular actuator can be overcome by integrating the optical signal over a sufficiently long period.
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