Design of Collective Motions from Synthetic Molecular Switches, Rotors, and Motors

• Published in: Chemical reviews Vol. 120; no. 1; pp. 310 - 433
• Main Authors: Dattler, Damien, Fuks, Gad, Heiser, Joakim, Moulin, Emilie, Perrot, Alexis, Yao, Xuyang, Giuseppone, Nicolas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 08.01.2020
• Subjects: Actuators; Chemical bonds; Chemical Sciences; Chemical synthesis; chemistry; Couplings; functional properties; Mechanical properties; Molecular machines; molecular rotors; Motors; Organic chemistry; Polymers; Principles; Rotors; space and time; Switches

Precise control over molecular movement is of fundamental and practical importance in physics, biology, and chemistry. At nanoscale, the peculiar functioning principles and the synthesis of individual molecular actuators and machines has been the subject of intense investigations and debates over th...