A DNA origami nanoturbine is designed as a rotary motor that draws power from an ion gradient or electrical potential across a solid-state nanopore. Single-molecule experiments demonstrate that the turbine can drive a DNA bundle into sustained unidirectional rotation, with the preferred rotation direction set by the chirality of the turbine.
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This is a summary of: Shi, X. et al. A DNA turbine powered by a transmembrane potential across a nanopore. Nat. Nanotechnol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-01527-8 (2023).
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Nanoturbine driven by flow across a nanopore. Nat. Nanotechnol. 19, 279–280 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-01532-x
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