PROGRAMMABLE MOLECULAR MANIPULATING METHOD AND DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a system for manipulating molecules. SOLUTION: The system manipulates molecules by using a set of proximal probes such as those used in atomic force microscopes. An electrostatic pattern is arranged on a set of proximal probes such that each proximal probe may exert electrostatic force. The molecules are captured using those electrostatic force, and after that, the molecules can be manipulated during a state where the molecules are captured by the proximal probes. The electrostatic pattern can be modified such that the molecule moves or rotates over the set of proximal probes during the state where the molecules are captured by the set of proximal probes The electrostatic pattern can be used to bend or split the molecules during the state where the molecules are captured by the set of proximal probes, thereby it is possible for the system to bring the molecules in chemical reactions, e.g. to act as a synthetic catalyst or a synthetic enzyme. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT