TY - JOUR
T1 - Relative contractile motion of the rings in a switchable palindromic [3]rotaxane in aqueous solution driven by radical-pairing interactions
AU - Witus, Leah S.
AU - Hartlieb, Karel J.
AU - Wang, Yuping
AU - Prokofjevs, Aleksandrs
AU - Frasconi, Marco
AU - Barnes, Jonathan C.
AU - Dale, Edward J.
AU - Fahrenbach, Albert C.
AU - Stoddart, J. Fraser
PY - 2014/8/28
Y1 - 2014/8/28
N2 - Artificial muscles are an essential component for the development of next-generation prosthetic devices, minimally invasive surgical tools, and robotics. This communication describes the design, synthesis, and characterisation of a mechanically interlocked molecule (MIM), capable of switchable and reversible linear molecular motion in aqueous solution that mimics muscular contraction and extension. Compatibility with aqueous solution was achieved in the doubly bistable palindromic [3]rotaxane design by using radical-based molecular recognition as the driving force to induce switching. This journal is
AB - Artificial muscles are an essential component for the development of next-generation prosthetic devices, minimally invasive surgical tools, and robotics. This communication describes the design, synthesis, and characterisation of a mechanically interlocked molecule (MIM), capable of switchable and reversible linear molecular motion in aqueous solution that mimics muscular contraction and extension. Compatibility with aqueous solution was achieved in the doubly bistable palindromic [3]rotaxane design by using radical-based molecular recognition as the driving force to induce switching. This journal is
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84904737982
U2 - 10.1039/c4ob01228c
DO - 10.1039/c4ob01228c
M3 - Article
C2 - 25010832
AN - SCOPUS:84904737982
SN - 1477-0520
VL - 12
SP - 6089
EP - 6093
JO - Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
JF - Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
IS - 32
ER -