The nature of the mechanical bond: from molecules to machines

CJ Bruns, JF Stoddart - 2016 - books.google.com
" The story is told by THE inventor-pioneer-master in the field and is accompanied by
amazing illustrations...[it] will become an absolute reference and a best seller in chemistry!" …

Nanoarchitectonics for dynamic functional materials from atomic‐/molecular‐level manipulation to macroscopic action

K Ariga, J Li, J Fei, Q Ji, JP Hill - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objects in all dimensions are subject to translational dynamism and dynamic mutual
interactions, and the ability to exert control over these events is one of the keys to the …

Molecular pumps and motors

Y Feng, M Ovalle, JSW Seale, CK Lee… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Pumps and motors are essential components of the world as we know it. From the complex
proteins that sustain our cells, to the mechanical marvels that power industries, much we …

Structural chemistry of giant metal based supramolecules

AV Virovets, E Peresypkina, M Scheer - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The review presents a bird-eye view on the state of research in the field of giant
nonbiological discrete metal complexes and ions of nanometer size, which are structurally …

A shape‐persistent quadruply interlocked giant cage catenane with two distinct pores in the solid state

G Zhang, O Presly, F White, IM Oppel… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Discrete interlocked three‐dimensional structures are synthetic targets that are sometimes
difficult to obtain with “classical” synthetic approaches, and dynamic covalent chemistry has …

Mechanically selflocked chiral gemini-catenanes

SH Li, HY Zhang, X Xu, Y Liu - Nature communications, 2015 - nature.com
Mechanically interlocked and entangled molecular architectures represent one of the
elaborate topological superstructures engineered at a molecular resolution. Here we report …

Interpenetrated cage structures

M Frank, MD Johnstone… - Chemistry–A European …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This Review covers design strategies, synthetic challenges, host–guest chemistry, and
functional properties of interlocked supramolecular cages. Some dynamic covalent organic …

Functional rotaxanes in catalysis

C Kwamen, J Niemeyer - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) have gained attention in the field of catalysis
due to their unique molecular properties. Central to MIMs, rotaxanes are highly promising …

Chiral mechanically interlocked molecules–applications of rotaxanes, catenanes and molecular knots in stereoselective chemosensing and catalysis

N Pairault, J Niemeyer - Synlett, 2018 - thieme-connect.com
Interlocked molecules, such as rotaxanes, catenanes, and molecular knots, offer
conceptually new possibilities for the generation of chiral chemosensors and catalysts. Due …

Ferrocene-containing non-interlocked molecular machines

SØ Scottwell, JD Crowley - Chemical Communications, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Ferrocene is the prototypical organometallic sandwich complex and despite over 60 years
passing since the discovery and elucidation of ferrocene's structure, research into ferrocene …