Photoisomerization of a rotaxane hydrogen bonding template: light-induced acceleration of a large amplitude rotational motion
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| Publication date | 2003 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
| Volume | Issue number | 100 | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 10-14 |
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| Abstract | Establishing methods for controlling aspects of large amplitude submolecular movements is a prerequisite for the development of artificial devices that function through rotary motion at the molecular level. Here we demonstrate that the rate of rotation of the interlocked components of fumaramide-derived [2]rotaxanes can be accelerated, by >6 orders of magnitude, by isomerizing them to the corresponding maleamide [2]rotaxanes by using light. |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0134757100
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