Light-responsive rotaxane-based materials: inducing motion in the solid state

• Adrian Saura-Sanmartin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 873–880, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.64

• -responsive materials; mechanical bond; mechanically interlocked materials; rotaxanes; Introduction Light turns out to be a suitable and tailorable stimulus in order to develop materials showing improved functionalities, such as those of smart materials [1][2][3][4][5]. The characteristics of light which