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Inside Cover: A Light‐Stimulated Molecular Switch Driven by Radical–Radical Interactions in Water (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 30/2011)
Author(s) -
Li Hao,
Fahrenbach Albert C.,
Coskun Ali,
Zhu Zhixue,
Barin Gokhan,
Zhao YanLi,
Botros Youssry Y.,
Sauvage JeanPierre,
Stoddart J. Fraser
Publication year - 2011
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.201104290
Subject(s) - bistability , molecular switch , cover (algebra) , intramolecular force , rotaxane , molecular machine , materials science , photochemistry , chemistry , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , molecule , engineering , stereochemistry , supramolecular chemistry , mechanical engineering , organic chemistry
A light‐stimulated molecular switch in the form of a bistable [2]rotaxane, which undergoes controllable intramolecular motion through many cycles in water, is described by J. F. Stoddart and co‐workers in their Communication on page 6782 ff. The fundamental understanding of molecular switches that operate in water is improved and the possibility of developing integrated nanobiomechanical systems for applications in challenging arenas, such as molecular prosthetics, is opened up.