[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 …

Synthetic molecular motors and mechanical machines

ER Kay, DA Leigh, F Zerbetto - … Chemie International Edition, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The widespread use of controlled molecular‐level motion in key natural processes suggests
that great rewards could come from bridging the gap between the present generation of …

Development of pseudorotaxanes and rotaxanes: from synthesis to stimuli-responsive motions to applications

M Xue, Y Yang, X Chi, X Yan, F Huang - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
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) …

Toward intelligent molecular machines: directed motions of biological and artificial molecules and assemblies

K Kinbara, T Aida - Chemical reviews, 2005 - ACS Publications
In the last two decades, considerable progress has been made in the field of molecular
biology, which has enabled a molecular-level understanding of a number of interesting …

Pillar [6] arene-based photoresponsive host–guest complexation

G Yu, C Han, Z Zhang, J Chen, X Yan… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The trans form of an azobenzene-containing guest can complex with a pillar [6] arene, while
it cannot complex with pillar [5] arenes due to the different cavity sizes of the pillar [6] arene …

Chemical consequences of mechanical bonding in catenanes and rotaxanes: isomerism, modification, catalysis and molecular machines for synthesis

EA Neal, SM Goldup - Chemical Communications, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Research on mechanically interlocked molecules has advanced substantially over the last
five decades. A large proportion of the published work focusses on the synthesis of these …

An operational supramolecular nanovalve

R Hernandez, HR Tseng, JW Wong… - Journal of the …, 2004 - ACS Publications
A functioning nanomachine in the form of a supramolecular nanovalve that opens and
closes the orifices to molecular-sized pores and releases a small number of molecules on …

Recent progress on switchable rotaxanes

H Tian, QC Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
Switchable rotaxanes are currently attracting considerable attention from chemists,
physicists and materials scientists because of their potential to perform relative inter …

Catalytic “active-metal” template synthesis of [2] rotaxanes,[3] rotaxanes, and molecular shuttles, and some observations on the mechanism of the cu (I)-catalyzed …

V Aucagne, J Berná, JD Crowley… - Journal of the …, 2007 - ACS Publications
A synthetic approach to rotaxane architectures is described in which metal atoms catalyze
covalent bond formation while simultaneously acting as the template for the assembly of the …

A pillar [5] arene/imidazolium [2] rotaxane: solvent-and thermo-driven molecular motions and supramolecular gel formation

S Dong, J Yuan, F Huang - Chemical Science, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Based on the pillar [5] arene/imidazolium recognition motif, a [2] rotaxane was effectively
prepared. Solvent/temperature triggered molecular motions of the pillar [5] arene ring on the …