Design of photo-activated molecular machines: highlights from the past ten years

• DOI: 10.1039/c9cc06516d
• Publication Date: 2019-09-25T09:29:32Z
• Authors: Jessica Groppi; Massimo Baroncini; Margherita Venturi; Serena Silvi; Alberto Credi
• Keywords: molecular motor; molecular machine; photochemistry; azobenzene; catenane; rotaxane; 01 natural sciences; molecular motor; photochemistry; supramolecular chemistry; rotaxane; azobenzene; molecular switch; 0104 chemical sciences

Researchers continue to generate ingenious (supra)molecular structures in which light can trigger controlled and directed movements of the components.