Towards artificial molecular factories from framework-embedded molecular machines

S Krause, BL Feringa - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
Controlling cooperativity, synchronization, amplification and translation of intermolecular
and intramolecular dynamics over different length scales for applications in stimuli …

Electric-field mediated chemistry: uncovering and exploiting the potential of (oriented) electric fields to exert chemical catalysis and reaction control

S Shaik, D Danovich, J Joy, Z Wang… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
This Perspective discusses oriented external-electric-fields (OEEF), and other electric-field
types, as “smart reagents”, which enable in principle control over wide-ranging aspects of …

Quantum coherent control of a single molecular-polariton rotation

LB Fan, CC Shu, D Dong, J He, NE Henriksen… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We present a combined analytical and numerical study for coherent terahertz control of a
single molecular polariton, formed by strongly coupling two rotational states of a molecule …

Accounts of applied molecular rotors and rotary motors: recent advances

A Singhania, S Kalita, P Chettri, S Ghosh - Nanoscale Advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular machines are nanoscale devices capable of performing mechanical work at the
molecular level. These systems might be a single molecule or a collection of component …

Unidirectional motion of C60-based nanovehicles using hybrid substrates with temperature gradient

M Kianezhad, M Youzi, M Vaezi, H Nejat Pishkenari - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
With the synthesis of nanocar structures the idea of transporting energy and payloads on the
surface became closer to reality. To eliminate the concern of diffusive surface motion of …

Molecular motor crossing the frontier of classical to quantum tunneling motion

S Stolz, O Gröning, J Prinz, H Brune… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The reliability by which molecular motor proteins convert undirected energy input into
directed motion or transport has inspired the design of innumerable artificial molecular …

Programmable transport of C60 by straining graphene substrate

M Vaezi, H Nejat Pishkenari, MR Ejtehadi - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Controlling the maneuverability of nanocars and molecular machines on the surface is
essential for the targeted transportation of materials and energy at the nanoscale. Here, we …

Atomically precise control of rotational dynamics in charged rare-earth complexes on a metal surface

TM Ajayi, V Singh, KZ Latt, S Sarkar, X Cheng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Complexes containing rare-earth ions attract great attention for their technological
applications ranging from spintronic devices to quantum information science. While charged …

Strategies for controlling the spatial orientation of single molecules tethered on DNA origami templates physisorbed on glass substrates: Intercalation and stretching

K Cervantes-Salguero, A Biaggne… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nanoarchitectural control of matter is crucial for next-generation technologies. DNA origami
templates are harnessed to accurately position single molecules; however, direct single …

A unidirectional surface-anchored N-heterocyclic carbene rotor

J Ren, M Freitag, C Schwermann, A Bakker… - Nano Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
A molecular rotor based on N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) has been rationally designed
following theoretical predictions, experimentally realized, and characterized. Utilizing the …