Photo-and redox-driven artificial molecular motors

M Baroncini, S Silvi, A Credi - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
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 …

Photochromism into nanosystems: towards lighting up the future nanoworld

L Wang, Q Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
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** …

The nature of the mechanical bond: from molecules to machines

CJ Bruns, JF Stoddart - 2016 - books.google.com
" The story is told by THE inventor-pioneer-master in the field and is accompanied by
amazing illustrations...[it] will become an absolute reference and a best seller in chemistry!" …

[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 …

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) …

para-Bridged Symmetrical Pillar[5]arenes: Their Lewis Acid Catalyzed Synthesis and Host–Guest Property

T Ogoshi, S Kanai, S Fu**ami… - Journal of the …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Condensation of 1, 4-dimethoxybenzene (DMB) with paraformaldehyde in the presence of
BF3· O (C2H5) 2 gave novel para-bridged pentacyclic pillar DMB (DMpillar [5] arene) …

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 …

[KIRJA][B] Nanoparticles: from theory to application

G Schmid - 2011 - books.google.com
Very small particles are able to show astonishing properties. For example, gold atoms can
be combined like strings of pearls, while nanoparticles can form one-, two-and three …

Optical molecular sensing with semiconductor quantum dots (QDs)

R Freeman, I Willner - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) exhibit unique optical and photophysical properties.
These features are implemented to develop optical molecular sensor systems. The review …

Light powered molecular machines

V Balzani, A Credi, M Venturi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
The bottom-up construction and operation of mechanical machines of molecular size is a
topic of high interest for nanoscience, and a fascinating challenge of nanotechnology. Like …