Directing coupled motion with light: a key step toward machine-like function

R Costil, M Holzheimer, S Crespi, NA Simeth… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molecular photoactuators can control shape and chemical or physical properties of the
responsive system they are embedded in. These effects are usually mediated by …

Ratcheting synthesis

S Borsley, JM Gallagher, DA Leigh… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Synthetic chemistry has traditionally relied on reactions between reactants of high chemical
potential and transformations that proceed energetically downhill to either a global or local …

Towards artificial molecular factories from framework-embedded molecular machines

S Krause, BL Feringa - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
Controlling cooperativity, synchronization, amplification and translation of intermolecular
and intramolecular dynamics over different length scales for applications in stimuli …

(Nano) mechanical motion triggered by metal coordination: from functional devices to networked multicomponent catalytic machinery

A Goswami, S Saha, PK Biswas, M Schmittel - Chemical Reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
A look at the elegance and efficiency of biological machines readily reveals that Nature
masters the full gamut of chemical interactions to compose masterpieces of the living world …

Unusual Behavior of Donor–Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts in Confined Space of a Water-Soluble PdII8 Molecular Vessel

R Saha, A Devaraj, S Bhattacharyya… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Donor–acceptor Stenhouse adducts (DASA) are new-generation photochromic compounds
discovered recently. DASA exist normally in open form (blue/violet) and readily convert to …

Halogen bonding as a supramolecular dynamics catalyst

PMJ Szell, S Zablotny, DL Bryce - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Dynamic processes have many implications in functional molecules, including catalysts,
enzymes, host-guest complexes, and molecular machines. Here, we demonstrate via …

Temperature Controls Guest Uptake and Release from Zn4L4 Tetrahedra

D Zhang, TK Ronson, S Güryel… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We report the preparation of triazatruxene-faced tetrahedral cage 1, which exhibits two
diastereomeric configurations (T1 and T2) that differ in the handedness of the ligand faces …

Multicomponent metallo-supramolecular nanocapsules assembled from calix [4] resorcinarene-based terpyridine ligands

L He, SC Wang, LT Lin, JY Cai, L Li… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Tetrafunctionalized calix [4] resorcinarene cavitands commonly serve as supramolecular
scaffolds for construction of coordination-driven self-assembled capsules. However, due to …

Multitasking with chemical fuel: Dissipative formation of a pseudorotaxane rotor from five distinct components

A Ghosh, I Paul, M Schmittel - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A 3-fold completive self-sorted library of dynamic motifs was integrated into the design of the
pseudorotaxane-based rotor [Zn (2· H+)(3)(4)] 2+ operating at k 298= 15.4 kHz. The …

Biomedical applications of metal organic polygons and polyhedra (MOPs)

SK Samanta, L Isaacs - Coordination chemistry reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Since the discovery and structural characterization of metal organic polygons and polyhedra
(MOPs), scientists have explored their potential in various applications like catalysis …