Conspectus Mechanically interlocked molecules such as rotaxanes and catenanes contain
free-moving components that cannot dissociate and have enabled the investigation and …

Abstract 'Impossible'rotaxanes, which are constituted by interlocked components without
obvious binding motifs, have attracted the interest of the mechanically interlocked molecules …

Here is reported the synthesis and characterization of an interlocked figure‐of‐eight
rotaxane molecular shuttle from a dibenzo‐24‐crown‐8 (DB24C8) derivative. This latter …

Artificial molecular muscles are highly attractive in the field of molecular machinery due to
their unique properties of contraction and stretching motion. However, the synthesis of …

In our daily life, some of the most valuable commodities are preprogrammed or
preassembled by a manufacturer; the end-user puts together the final product and gathers …

Self-templating two-component coupling reactions allowed the isolation of two threaded
products with different molecular sizes: a lasso-type [1] rotaxane and a [c2] daisy chain …

Several helically folded aromatic oligoamides were designed and synthesized. The
sequences were all water-soluble thanks to the charged side chains borne by the …

The design of a dynamically assembled foldarotaxane was envisioned with the aim of
operating as a two cascading trigger‐based molecular shuttle. Under acidic conditions, both …

A chiral molecular plier's design, synthesis, characterisation and operations are presented.
The molecular plier encompasses three units: a BINOL unit which acts as a pivot as well as …

Aromatic foldamers are promising for applications such as molecular recognition and
molecular machinery. For many of these, defect free, 2D-crystaline monolayers are needed …