A Small Molecule that Walks Non-Directionally Along a Track Without External Intervention

Walking molecules

(2011) Max von Delius et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Bioactive Unnatural Somatostatin Analogues through Bioorthogonal Iodo- and Ethynyl-Disulfide Intercalators

(2011) Anne Pfisterer et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

A Programmable Molecular Robot

(2011) Richard A. Muscat et al.   NANO LETTERS

Direct observation of stepwise movement of a synthetic molecular transporter

(2011) Shelley F. J. Wickham et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Racemization as a stereochemical measure of dynamics and robustness in shape-shifting organic molecules

(2011) M. He et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Light-Driven Transport of a Molecular Walker in Either Direction along a Molecular Track

(2010) Michael J. Barrell et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Design, Synthesis, and Operation of Small Molecules That Walk along Tracks

(2010) Max von Delius et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of Phototrappable Shape-Shifting Molecules for Adaptive Guest Binding

(2010) Alexander R. Lippert et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Molecular robots guided by prescriptive landscapes

(2010) Kyle Lund et al.   NATURE

A proximity-based programmable DNA nanoscale assembly line

(2010) Hongzhou Gu et al.   NATURE

Tiny steps

(2010) Sijbren Otto   Nature Chemistry

Autonomous multistep organic synthesis in a single isothermal solution mediated by a DNA walker

(2010) Yu He et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Dynamic Motion in Crown Ether Dendrimer Complexes: A “Spacewalk” on the Molecular Scale

(2009) Henrik D. F. Winkler et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Fluorescent ligands derived from 2-(9-anthrylmethylamino)ethyl-appended cyclen for use in metal ion activated molecular receptors

(2009) Sally E. Plush et al.   INORGANICA CHIMICA ACTA

Highly dynamic motion of crown ethers along oligolysine peptide chains

(2009) Dominik P. Weimann et al.   Nature Chemistry

A synthetic small molecule that can walk down a track

(2009) Max von Delius et al.   Nature Chemistry

Dynamic supramolecular complexation by shapeshifting organic molecules

(2009) Alexander R. Lippert et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

A Bipedal DNA Brownian Motor with Coordinated Legs

(2009) Tosan Omabegho et al.   SCIENCE

Programming biomolecular self-assembly pathways

(2008) Peng Yin et al.   NATURE

Fluorescent signaling provides deeper insight into aromatic anion uptake by metal-ion activated molecular receptors

(2008) Adam J. Bradbury et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Coordinated Chemomechanical Cycles: A Mechanism for Autonomous Molecular Motion

(2008) S. J. Green et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS