Relative contractile motion of the rings in a switchable palindromic [3]rotaxane in aqueous solution driven by radical-pairing interactions
Name
Witus-2014-Relative contractile.pdf
Size
1.39 MB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum (MD5)
b8389e86aa5be47cc387b1d8a98e5ee8
Author(s)
Witus, Leah S.
Hartlieb, Karel J.
Wang, Yuping
Prokofjevs, Aleksandrs
Frasconi, Marco
Dale, Edward J.
Fahrenbach, Albert C.
Stoddart, J. Fraser
Barnes, Jonathan
Date Issued
July 2014
Journal
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Citation
Witus, Leah S., Karel J. Hartlieb, Yuping Wang, Aleksandrs Prokofjevs, Marco Frasconi, Jonathan C. Barnes, Edward J. Dale, Albert C. Fahrenbach, and J. Fraser Stoddart. “Relative Contractile Motion of the Rings in a Switchable Palindromic [3]rotaxane in Aqueous Solution Driven by Radical-Pairing Interactions.” Org. Biomol. Chem. 12, no. 32 (2014): 6089–6093. © 2014 The Royal Society of Chemistry
Version
Final published version
Abstract
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.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
Terms of Use
Creative Commons Attribution
Persistent DSpace Link
DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ob01228c
