The conductances of molecular model junctions comprising a triazatriangulenium platform
with or without an ethynyl spacer and an upright Zn-porphyrin are probed with a low …

Driving molecular rotary motors using visible light (530–550 nm) instead of UV light was
achieved using palladium tetraphenylporphyrin as a triplet sensitizer. Visible light driven …

In our quest to develop artificial multistate devices, we synthesized the nanomechanical
switch 1 that is characterized by a tetrahedral core equipped with four pending arms. The …

Propelling single molecules in a controlled manner along an unmodified surface remains
extremely challenging because it requires molecules that can use light, chemical or …

Inspired by the biomolecular motors that can be found everywhere in nature and are
essential to numerous processes of life, nanoscientists have been developing artificial …

A new strategy for the construction of crystalline molecular rotors is presented. The
combination of a conformation-modifiable macrocyclic host and two cooperative guests …

Recently, molecular rotor systems have been emerging as a promising candidate of
functional nanoscale devices. A macroscopic gyroscope like molecule in a crystalline solid …

A pentiptycene-derived p-phenylenediamine mimics a molecular double-rotor system that
displays redox-dependent rotation rates for the amino rotors about the pentiptycene-amine …

Rational design to control the dynamics of molecular rotors in crystalline solids is of interest
because it offers advanced materials with precisely tuned functionality. Herein, we describe …

A series of butterfly‐type molecular constructs has been prepared in good yield by using a
double Stille coupling synthetic protocol. They are composed of a terpyridine (terpy) scaffold …