Transition metal-complexed catenanes and rotaxanes as molecular machine prototypes
- 22 February 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 12,p. 1507-1510
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b500680p
Abstract
Transition metal-containing catenanes and rotaxanes are ideally suited to build molecular machines and motors; in the present review article, three examples from our group are discussed which consist of (i) a fast-moving electrochemically-driven pirouetting machine, (ii) a linear rotaxane dimer whose behaviour is reminiscent of muscles, in the sense that it can be stretched or contracted and (iii) a light-driven machine consisting of a catenane constructed around a ruthenium(II) centre.Keywords
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