Design of Collective Motions from Synthetic Molecular Switches, Rotors, and Motors
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- 23 December 2019
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Chemical Reviews
- Vol. 120 (1), 310-433
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00288
Abstract
Precise control over molecular movement is of fundamental and practical importance in physics, biology, and chemistry. At nanoscale, the peculiar functioning principles and the synthesis of individual molecular actuators and machines has been the subject of intense investigations and debates over the past 60 years. In this review, we focus on the design of collective motions that are achieved by integrating, in space and time, several or many of these individual mechanical units together. In particular, we provide an in-depth look at the intermolecular couplings used to physically connect a number of artificial mechanically active molecular units such as photochromic molecular switches, nanomachines based on mechanical bonds, molecular rotors, and light-powered rotary motors. We highlight the various functioning principles that can lead to their collective motion at various length scales. We also emphasize how their synchronized, or desynchronized, mechanical behavior can lead to emerging functional properties and to their implementation into new active devices and materials.Funding Information
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche
- Université de Strasbourg
- Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
- Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg
- H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (860434)
- H2020 Future and Emerging Technologies (801378)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
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