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A Trimer of Ultrafast Nanomotors: Synthesis, Photochemistry and Self‐Assembly on Graphite
Author(s) -
Cnossen Arjen,
Pijper Dirk,
Kudernac Tibor,
Pollard Michael M.,
Katsonis Nathalie,
Feringa Ben L.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.200802718
Subject(s) - trimer , highly oriented pyrolytic graphite , supramolecular chemistry , chirality (physics) , pyrolytic carbon , molecular motor , ultrashort pulse , molecule , materials science , nanotechnology , graphite , photochemistry , chemical physics , chemistry , dimer , organic chemistry , physics , laser , optics , scanning tunneling microscope , pyrolysis , chiral symmetry breaking , quantum mechanics , quark , nambu–jona lasinio model
Abstract Lightning quick! A new ultrafast light‐driven molecular motor was developed, which was readily incorporated into a larger trimeric system. The trimer of these motors was studied with STM and at the interface of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite and 1‐phenyloctane the molecules form stable arrays in which the chirality of the trimer is expressed on both the molecular and the supramolecular level (see figure).