DNA Nanorobotics

M. Hamdi (1) , A. Ferreira (1)

1 LVR - Laboratoire Vision et Robotique

This paper presents a molecular mechanics study for new nanorobotic structures using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations coupled to virtual reality (VR) techniques. The operator can design and characterize through molecular dynamics simulation the behavior of bionanorobotic components and structures through 3-D visualization. The main novelty of the proposed simulations is based on the mechanical characterization of passive/active robotic devices based on double stranded DNA molecules. Their use as new DNA-based nanojoint and nanotweezer are simulated and results discussed.

Mots clés: DNA molecules Bio Nanorobotic Components Molecular Dynamics Simulations Nanogripper

Domaines: Science des matériaux [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]

M. Hamdi, A. Ferreira. DNA Nanorobotics. ENS 2006, Dec 2006, Paris, France. pp.83-88. ⟨hal-00166770⟩