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Cover Picture: Patterning through Controlled Submolecular Motion: Rotaxane‐Based Switches and Logic Gates that Function in Solution and Polymer Films (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 20/2005)
Author(s) -
Leigh David A.,
Morales M. Ángeles F.,
Pérez Emilio M.,
Wong Jenny K. Y.,
Saiz Carlos G.,
Slawin Alexandra M. Z.,
Carmichael Adrian J.,
Haddleton David M.,
Brouwer A. Manfred,
Buma Wybren Jan,
Wurpel George W. H.,
León Salvador,
Zerbetto Francesco
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200590066
Subject(s) - rotaxane , cover (algebra) , motion (physics) , key (lock) , feature (linguistics) , molecular machine , nanotechnology , chemistry , computer science , materials science , molecule , engineering , artificial intelligence , supramolecular chemistry , organic chemistry , philosophy , mechanical engineering , linguistics , computer security
Molecular shuttles describe rotaxanes in which a key feature of the tertiary structure, the relative positions of the interlocked components, can be changed in response to an external input such as a solvent. The cover picture shows such an assembly as well as fluorescent patterns generated by stimuli‐induced submolecular motion of the assembly in polymer films. For more details see the Communication by D. A. Leigh et al. on page 3062 ff. (The image of the space‐shuttle launch was captured from the game SimCity 4: Rush Hour.)