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Controlling energy delivery with bistable nanostructures
Andreas Ehrmann, Carl P. Goodrich
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14266 https://a…

Controlling energy delivery with bistable nanostructures
Countless biological processes are fueled by energy-rich molecules like ATP and GTP that supply energy with extreme efficiency. However, designing similar energy-delivery schemes from the bottom up, essential for the development of powered nanostructures and other {\it de novo} machinery, presents a significant challenge: how can an energy-rich structure be stable in solution yet still deliver this energy at precisely the right time? In this paper, we present a purely physical mechanism that so…