It is generally accepted that molecular motors are utilizing the chemical energy of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) hydrolysis to convert it to the mechanical energy. A set of preliminary data demonstrates that the periodic electric field can induce transport as well, thus providing the energy to the molecular system.

Date Published: 24 February 2009
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 7185, Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Imaging II, 71850Y (24 February 2009); doi: 10.1117/12.809914

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7185:
Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Imaging II
Jörg Enderlein; Zygmunt Karol Gryczynski; Rainer Erdmann, Editor(s)