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"Smart dust" biosensors powered by biomolecular motors
George D Bachand1, Henry Hess, Banahalli Ratna
1Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA.
Lab on a Chip
|June 5, 2009
Abstract:
The concept of a microfabricated biosensor for environmental and biomedical monitoring applications which is composed of environmentally benign components is presented. With a built-in power source (the biological fuel ATP) and driven by biological motors (kinesin), sensing in the microdevice can be remotely activated and the presence of a target molecule or toxin remotely detected. The multifaceted progress towards the realization of such a device is described.

