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Molecular Loop Lock: A Redox‐Driven Molecular Machine Based on a Host‐Stabilized Charge‐Transfer Complex
Author(s) -
Jeon Woo Sung,
Kim Eunju,
Ko Young Ho,
Hwang Ilha,
Lee Jae Wook,
Kim SooYoung,
Kim HeeJoon,
Kim Kimoon
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.200461806
Subject(s) - lock (firearm) , redox , charge (physics) , loop (graph theory) , key (lock) , chemistry , transfer (computing) , host (biology) , chemical physics , materials science , computer science , physics , biology , inorganic chemistry , operating system , engineering , mechanical engineering , ecology , mathematics , quantum mechanics , combinatorics
Under lock and key : A molecular machine based on the redox‐coupled guest exchange of a cucurbit[8]uril‐stabilized charge‐transfer complex is reported. It behaves as a molecular loop lock that requires not only a key but also an activation process to open (see graphic).