[HTML][HTML] Artificial molecular machines

S Erbas-Cakmak, DA Leigh, CT McTernan… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
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 …

Photoswitchable molecular tweezers: isomerization to control substrate binding, and what about vice versa?

SJ Wezenberg - Chemical Communications, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The linkage of two identical binding motifs by a molecular photoswitch has proven to be a
straightforward and versatile strategy to control substrate binding affinity by light. Stimulus …

Artificial Light‐Harvesting Systems Based on AIEgen‐branched Rotaxane Dendrimers for Efficient Photocatalysis

WJ Li, XQ Wang, DY Zhang, YX Hu, WT Xu… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aiming at the construction of novel platform for efficient light harvesting, the precise
synthesis of a new family of AIEgen‐branched rotaxane dendrimers was successful realized …

Reversible photochromic system based on rhodamine B salicylaldehyde hydrazone metal complex

K Li, Y **ang, X Wang, J Li, R Hu, A Tong… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Photochromic molecules are widely applied in chemistry, physics, biology, and materials
science. Although a few photochromic systems have been developed before, their …

An artificial light-harvesting array constructed from multiple bodipy dyes

R Ziessel, G Ulrich, A Haefele… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - ACS Publications
An artificial light-harvesting array, comprising 21 discrete chromophores arranged in a
rational manner, has been synthesized and characterized fully. The design strategy follows …

Light to investigate (read) and operate (write) molecular devices and machines

P Ceroni, A Credi, M Venturi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of multicomponent (supramolecular) systems that can perform
predetermined functions under external control–ie, molecular devices–is a challenging task …

Highlights of metal ion-based photochemical switches

A Bianchi, E Delgado-Pinar, E García-España… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2014 - Elsevier
Selected metal complexes behaving as photochemical switches, mostly operating by light
emission/absorption without the intervention of any added chemical species, are reviewed …

Multistimuli-Responsive Enaminitrile Molecular Switches Displaying H+-Induced Aggregate Emission, Metal Ion-Induced Turn-On Fluorescence, and Organogelation …

Y Ren, S **e, E Svensson Grape, AK Inge… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Multistimuli-responsive enaminitrile-based configurational switches displaying aggregation-
induced emission (AIE), fluorescence turn-on effects, and supergelation properties are …

Synthesis, structure, and function of internally functionalized dendrimers

RJ Smith, C Gorman, S Menegatti - Journal of Polymer Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The past three decades have witnessed an exponential increase in the structural diversity
and applications of dendrimers, spanning across drug delivery and diagnostics, protein, and …

Power of light–Functional complexes based on azobenzene molecules

B Tylkowski, A Trojanowska, V Marturano… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2017 - Elsevier
A significant amount of academic and industrial research efforts is devoted to design,
synthesis and to investigate the important determinants of stabilizing/destabilizing photo …