Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2015,6, 2096–2104, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.214
nonsymmetric molecular axle, thus forming the basis for the development of artificial molecular pumps.
Keywords: azobenzene; molecular machine; photochemistry; rotaxane; supramolecular chemistry; Review
Introduction
Since ancient times, man has tried to construct devices that facilitate life. With the advent
significant distances in comparison with typical diffusive paths in solution.
Schematic representation of the threading/dethreading of a pseudorotaxane (a) and of the relative unidirectional transit of a macrocycle along a nonsymmetric molecular axle (b). By incorporating the system shown in (b) in a rotaxane
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Figure 1:
Schematic representation of the threading/dethreading of a pseudorotaxane (a) and of the relative u...
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2011,2, 834–844, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.93
molecular-level mechanical manipulators. As an example, macroscopic transport at the solid–liquid interface was driven by modifying the solid–liquid surface tension at a droplet front by using a molecular switch based on a SAM of rotaxane [8]. Central to the function of such systems are changes in the inter
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Figure 1:
(a) Topography (color bar: 0–70 nm), (b) phase (color bar: 0–15 degrees), (c) error signal (scale i...