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. 2015 Jul 27;112(32):E4381–E4389. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1501734112

Table 1.

List of parameters with units, values, and reference

Parameter Definition Units Values Reference
R radius of the rotor nm 20 (1)
rS radius of the stator nm 2
P length of the proline hinge arm nm 7 (13)
ζS drag coefficient of the stator pN⋅nm⋅s⋅rad−1 0.0002
ζR drag coefficient of the rotor pN⋅nm⋅s⋅rad−1 0.017
ζL drag coefficient of the load pN⋅nm⋅s⋅rad−1 0.0–10 (33)
ϕS angular position of the stator rad
θR angular position of the rotor rad
θL angular position of the load rad
κ hook spring constant pN⋅nm⋅rad−1 1,000 (34)
N number of stators 1–11 (33)
τ rotor torque from stator pN⋅nm
fn white noise
Ψ electrostatic potential 1.5–2 kBT