Acceleration of a Nanomotor: Electronic Control of the Rotary Speed of a Light-Driven Molecular Rotor
- 19 November 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 127 (50), 17612-17613
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja054499e
Abstract
A new second-generation light-driven molecular motor was designed, in which the presence of a potential electronic push−pull system leads to a significant increase of the rate of rotation compared to previous motor systems, without disturbing its overall unidirectionality.Keywords
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