ArticleNature communications2023
A photochemical method to evidence directional molecular motions.
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- Photoswitchable Molecular Motor Phospholipid: Synthesis, Characterization, and Integration into Lipid Vesicles.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2025Article
- Coupling Rotary Motion to Helicene Inversion within a Molecular Motor.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025Article
- Directionality Reversal and Shift of Rotational Axis in a Hemithioindigo Macrocyclic Molecular Motor.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2024Article
- Excited State Dynamics in Unidirectional Photochemical Molecular Motors.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2024Review
- The rapid synthesis of 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-diimine (Phendiimine) and its fascinating photo-stimulated behavior.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
Light driven synthetic molecular motors represent crucial building blocks for advanced molecular machines and their applications. A standing challenge is the development of very fast molecular motors able to perform rotations with kHz, MHz or even faster frequencies. Central to this challenge is the direct experimental evidence of directionality because analytical methods able to follow very fast motions rarely deliver precise geometrical insights. Here, a general photochemical method for elucidation of directional motions is presented. In a macrocyclization approach the molecular motor rotations are restricted and forced to proceed in two separate ~180° rotation-photoequilibria. Therefore, all four possible photoinduced rotation steps (clockwise and counterclockwise directions) can be quantified. Comparison of the corresponding quantum yields to the unrestricted motor delivers direct evidence for unidirectionality. This method can be used for any ultrafast molecular motor even in cases where no high energy intermediates are present during the rotation cycle.
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