… In this section, we present various molecular switches and motors capable of multiple modes
of structural transformation in response to orthogonal stimuli. The literatures are organized …

… and is the dominant content in the solar spectrum that reaches on the surface of earth. … to
as photochromic molecular switches or motors. Molecular switches and motors display distinct …

… mechanically active molecular units such as photochromic molecular switches, nanomachines
based on mechanical bonds, molecular rotors, and light-powered rotary motors. We …

… to not confuse molecular motors with molecular switches. Molecular switches are molecules
that … into the importance of molecular design, surface–molecule interactions, and monitoring …

Molecular motors, an important class of molecular machines, harness various energy sources
to generate unidirectional mechanical motion. The operational principles of these motors, …

… at the molecular scale, … motor performance, construct new motors combining artificial and
biological components, and contrast biomolecular motors with current artificial molecular motors…

… driven molecular switches and rotors. Later we give an overview of the design and synthesis
of unidirectional molecular motors… is first to attach molecular motors on the surface using an …

… to immobilize and align molecular switches and motors in order to … In return, molecular
machines can provide surfaces and … of surfaces covered with mechanically interlocked molecules …

… synthesis, asymmetric catalysis, nanotechnology, and molecular switches and motors. …
functionalised for attachment to metal surfaces, 85 and the rotation of the motor has been used to …

… , to a minimal number of molecular components. Therefore, … action of molecular switches
(which are not motors) and/or … individual molecules deposited on a conducting surface could …