The emergence of the mechanical bond during the past 25 years is giving chemistry a fillip
in more ways than one. While its arrival on the scene is already impacting materials science …

Research on mechanically interlocked molecules has advanced substantially over the last
five decades. A large proportion of the published work focusses on the synthesis of these …

As the complexity of mechanically interlocked molecular architectures increases, it is
important to understand the underlying principles, such as molecular recognition and self …

From being an aesthetic molecular object to a building block for the construction of
molecular machines, catenanes and related mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) …

Since the emergence of mechanical bonds, considerable research efforts have been
devoted to the construction of mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs), including …

Molecular compounds—comprised of mechanically interlocked components—such as
rotaxanes and catenanes can be designed to display readily controllable internal …

The Golden Jubilee of the introduction by Gottfried Schill and Arthur Lüttringhaus in 1964 of
the newest of (strong) bonds in chemistry at the time is being celebrated this year as the …

Interest in catenanes and rotaxanes has largely focused on the stimuli-induced change in
the position of their components for possible exploitation in molecular devices,[1] but other …

One of the more promising entries into molecular nanotechnology has followed in the wake
of the advent of the mechanical bond [1] in chemistry. Mechanically interlocked molecules …

After Sauvage et al. and Stoddart et al. had developed the now commonly used and well-
established catenane and rotaxane synthesis utilizing phenanthroline/Cu+ and …