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Molecular Recognition in a Supramolecular Polymer System Translated into Mechanical Motion
Author(s) -
Schneider HansJörg,
Tianjun Liu,
Lomadze Nino
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200219965
Subject(s) - supramolecular chemistry , molecular recognition , polymer , elastomer , action recognition , action (physics) , supramolecular polymers , computer science , materials science , nanotechnology , chemistry , artificial intelligence , physics , molecule , composite material , quantum mechanics , organic chemistry , class (philosophy)
Action and reaction : Implementation of molecular recognition centers into flexible elastomers allows selective recognition processes to be translated into fully reversible macroscopic motions for the first time (see scheme). The expansion and contraction of the polymers depends both on the effector binding energy and the pH value.