Mechanically interlocked molecules, such as rotaxanes and catenanes, are receiving
increased attention as scaffolds for the development of new catalysts, driven by both their …

Although chiral mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) have been synthesised and
studied, enantiopure examples are relatively under-represented in the pantheon of reported …

A rotaxane-based molecular shuttle has been synthesized in which the switching of the
position of a fluorescent macrocycle on the thread turns “on” or “off” the circularly polarized …

Rotaxanes are interlocked molecules in which a molecular ring is trapped on a dumbbell-
shaped axle because of its inability to escape over the bulky end groups, resulting in a so …

Circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) materials have attracted significant attention in
recent years owing to their potential application prospects in advanced display technologies …

Developing circularly polarized luminescence (CPL)-active materials with a large
luminescence dissymmetry factor (g lum) or stimulus responses has evoked a lot of interest …

Chirality typically arises in molecules because of a rigidly chiral arrangement of covalently
bonded atoms. Less generally appreciated is that chirality can arise when molecules are …

Catenanes composed of two achiral rings that are oriented (Cnh symmetry) because of the
sequence of atoms they contain are referred to as topologically chiral. Here, we present the …

Mechanically interlocked molecules, such as rotaxanes and catenanes, are composed of
two or more covalent subcomponents threaded through one another such that they cannot …

Artificial molecular machines (AMMs) have profoundly enhanced scientists' capability to
manipulate the relative movements of components within molecules. Mechanically …