Motility powered by supramolecular springs and ratchets.

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• Publication year

  2000

• Venue

  Science

• Publication date

  2000-04-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1126/SCIENCE.288.5463.95PMID 10753126
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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