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Chemistry in Motion—Unidirectional Rotating Molecular Motors
Author(s) -
Mandl Christian P.,
König Burkhard
Publication year - 2004
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.200301697
Subject(s) - molecular motor , clockwise , rotor (electric) , motion (physics) , kinetic energy , chemistry , molecular machine , physics , nanotechnology , rotation (mathematics) , classical mechanics , computer science , materials science , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence
Clockwise or counterclockwise? On the molecular level this is determined by kinetic control of the competing routes to the new energetically minimized structure. Three recent examples show how this can be achieved. The picture shows a molecular rotor whose large macrocycle contains three binding sites between which the small macrocycle moves.