The nature of mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) has continued to encourage
researchers to design and construct a variety of high-performance materials. Introducing …

Mechanically interlocked polymers (MIPs), such as polyrotaxanes and polycatenanes, are
polymer architectures that incorporate a mechanical bond. In a polyrotaxane, the …

Precise control over molecular movement is of fundamental and practical importance in
physics, biology, and chemistry. At nanoscale, the peculiar functioning principles and the …

The ability to manipulate the structure and function of promising nanosystems via energy
input and external stimuli is emerging as an attractive paradigm for develo** …

Macrocycles are molecular entities that display a combination of molecular recognition and
complexation properties with vital implications for host–guest/supramolecular chemistry …

The widespread use of molecular machines in biology has long suggested that great
rewards could come from bridging the gap between synthetic molecular systems and the …

The history of isomeric types of organic molecules has passed through several important
stages:(1) Molecules that differ from each other with different numbers and types of atoms;(2) …

Artificial molecular machines are able to produce and exploit precise nanoscale actuations
in response to chemical or physical triggers. Recent scientific efforts have been devoted to …

Mimicking filament sliding in sarcomeres using artificial molecular muscles such as [c 2]
daisy chains has aroused increasing interest in develo** advanced polymeric materials …

Hierarchically organized myosin and actin filaments found in biological systems exhibit
contraction and expansion behaviours that produce work and force by consuming chemical …