Directed motion at the nanoscale is a central attribute of life, and chemically driven motor
proteins are nature's choice to accomplish it. Motivated and inspired by such …

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 …

Transformation of energy into motion (work) is one of the basic processes of energy
conversion in nature. The processes of actuation underlying the transduction of light …

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 …

In this review we chart recent advances in what is at once an old and very new field of
endeavour—the achievement of control of motion at the molecular level including solid-state …

To many, periodic mechanical conformational motion of molecules is mesmerizing to a
degree that is difficult to explain rationally: It is almost as hard to stop watching an image of …

The mature synthetic methodologies enable us to rationally design and produce chiral
nanographenes (NGs), most of which consist of multiple helical motifs. However, inherent …

Nanotechnology, science, and engineering spearhead the 21st century revolution that is
leading to fundamental breakthroughs in the way materials, devices, and systems are …

Molecules capable of mimicking the function of a wide range of mechanical devices have
been fabricated, with motors that can induce mechanical movement attracting particular …

With the hope of directing future bottom-up fabrication through bulk external stimuli (such as
electric fields) on nanometer-sized transporters, we sought to study controlled molecular …