3 papers
q-bio.BM2014
Microtubule shuttles on kinesin-coated glass micro-wire tracks
Kyongwan Kim, Andrew L. Liao, Aurelien Sikora +7
Gliding of microtubule filaments on surfaces coated with the motor protein kinesin has potential applications for nano-scale devices. The ability to guide the gliding direction in…
q-bio.BM2013
Molecular Motor-Powered Shuttles along Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube Tracks
Aurélien Sikora, Javier Ramón-Azcón, Kyongwan Kim +9
As a complementary tool to nanofluidics, biomolecular based transport is envisioned for nanotechnological devices. We report a new method for guiding microtubule shuttles on multi-…
cond-mat.mes-hall2012
Highly sensitive thermal conductivity measurements of suspended membranes (SiN and diamond) using a 3w-Volklein method
A. Sikora, H. Ftouni, J. Richard +4
A suspended system for measuring the thermal properties of membranes is presented. The sensitive thermal measurement is based on the 3 dynamic method coupled to a Vlkl…