With the rise of artificial molecular machines, control of motion on the nanoscale has
become a major contemporary research challenge. Tetrathiafulvalenes (TTFs) are one of the …

Fashioned through billions of years of evolution, biological molecular machines, such as
ATP synthase, myosin, and kinesin, use the intricate relative motions of their components to …

Molecular photoelectrochemical devices are hampered by electron–hole recombination
after photoinduced electron transfer, causing losses in power conversion efficiency. Inspired …

A series of metal–organic framework (MOF) materials has been prepared, each containing a
mechanically interlocked molecule (MIM) as the linker and a copper (II) paddlewheel as the …

A homologous series of [2] rotaxanes, in which cyclobis (paraquat-p-phenylene)(CBPQT4+)
serves as the ring component, while the dumbbell components all contain single 4, 4 …

As the electronics industry is integrating more and more new molecules to utilize them in
logic circuits and memories to achieve ultra-high efficiency and device density, many …

The mechanism governing the redox-stimulated switching behavior of a tristable [2] rotaxane
consisting of a cyclobis (paraquat-p-phenylene)(CBPQT4+) ring encircling a dumbbell …

Two redox-active bistable [2] catenanes composed of macrocyclic polyethers of different
sizes incorporating both electron-rich 1, 5-dioxynaphthalene (DNP) and electron-deficient 4 …

The design and synthesis of artificial molecular switches (AMSs) displaying architectures of
increased complexity would constitute significant progress in meeting the challenging task of …

The lower critical solution temperature (LCST), is a well-established phase-transition
behavior of polymer solutions, and it has attracted much interest with regard to stimuli …