Advances Towards Synthetic Machines at the Molecular and Nanoscale Level

Squaraine-Based [2]Rotaxanes that Function as Visibly Active Molecular Switches

(2010) Sheng-Yao Hsueh et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

An Enantioselective Synthetic Route toward Second-Generation Light-Driven Rotary Molecular Motors

(2010) Thomas C. Pijper et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Probing Donor−Acceptor Interactions andCo-Conformational Changes in Redox Active Desymmetrized [2]Catenanes

(2010) Dennis Cao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of Single-Molecule Nanocars

(2009) Guillaume Vives et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

A Rigid Helical Peptide Axle for a [2]Rotaxane Molecular Machine

(2009) Alessandro Moretto et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Rotaxane-Based Propeptides: Protection and Enzymatic Release of a Bioactive Pentapeptide

(2009) Anthony Fernandes et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Controlling Molecular Rotary Motion with a Self-Complexing Lock

(2009) Da-Hui Qu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A metal–organic framework replete with ordered donor–acceptor catenanes

(2009) Qiaowei Li et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Light powered molecular machines

(2009) Vincenzo Balzani et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

The chemistry of the mechanical bond

(2009) J. Fraser Stoddart   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Active metal template synthesis of rotaxanes, catenanes and molecular shuttles

(2009) James D. Crowley et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Hydrogen storage in metal–organic frameworks

(2009) Leslie J. Murray et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Selective gas adsorption and separation in metal–organic frameworks

(2009) Jian-Rong Li et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Mechanically bonded macromolecules

(2009) Lei Fang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Smart molecules at work—mimicking advanced logic operations

(2009) Joakim Andréasson et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Bright functional rotaxanes

(2009) Xiang Ma et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Recent Developments on Rotaxane-Based Shuttles

(2009) Antonio Rescifina et al.   CURRENT ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Artificial molecular shuttles: from concepts to devices

(2009) Serena Silvi et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Ultrafast Light-Driven Nanomotors Based on an Acridane Stator

(2009) Artem A. Kulago et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Active Metal Template Synthesis of [2]Catenanes

(2009) Stephen M. Goldup et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Push-Button Molecular Switch

(2009) Jason M. Spruell et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A New Doubly Interlocked [2]Catenane

(2009) Carlos Peinador et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Two Axles Threaded Using a Single Template Site: Active Metal Template Macrobicyclic [3]Rotaxanes

(2009) Stephen M. Goldup et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A synthetic small molecule that can walk down a track

(2009) Max von Delius et al.   Nature Chemistry

Introduction of useful peripheral functional groups on [2]catenanes by combining Cu(i) template synthesis with “click” chemistry

(2009) Jackson D. Megiatto et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

A copper-based shuttling [2]rotaxane with two bidentate chelates in the axis: steric control of the motion

(2009) Jean-Paul Collin et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Synthesis of a nanocar with organometallic wheels

(2009) Guillaume Vives et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

MHz Unidirectional Rotation of Molecular Rotary Motors

(2008) Martin Klok et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Nanotrains and self-assembled two-dimensional arrays built from carboranes linked by hydrogen bonding of dipyridones

(2008) Takashi Sasaki et al.   Nano Research

Harnessing biological motors to engineer systems for nanoscale transport and assembly

(2008) Anita Goel et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Synthesis of a Porphyrin-Fullerene Pinwheel

(2008) Takashi Sasaki et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

A Molecular Cage-Based [2]Rotaxane That Behaves as a Molecular Muscle

(2008) Chun-Ju Chuang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

The assembly line: self-assembling nanocars

(2008) Takashi Sasaki et al.   TETRAHEDRON