| 单词 | molecular machine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmolecular machine molecular machine n. (a) a complex molecule which carries out a specific physical or chemical task, esp. one involving the spatial manipulation of atoms; (b) a nanotechnological machine or device, esp. one assembled at a molecular level; a nanomachine. ΚΠ 1973 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 70 904/1 [In] the electromechanochemical..model of mitochondrial energy transduction..the transducing unit (supermolecule) is a molecular machine that manipulates chemical and electromechanochemical energy. 1977 Jrnl. Theoret. Biol. 69 174 It has been conjectured..that biological molecular machines can approach 100% efficiency. 1986 Economist (Nexis) 15 Mar. 95 Proteins..are molecular machines whose job is to catalyse all the chemical reactions that take place in cells. 1993 Wired Mar. (Premiere Issue) 32/2 These ‘molecular machines’ will be able to manipulate other atoms and particles to create almost anything imaginable:..quantum chips, new chemicals, or tiny robots. 1997 Sci. Amer. May 60 Small molecular machines called metallocene catalysts have revolutionized the industrial synthesis of valuable plastics. < as lemmas |
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