Kanazawa University research: Locking and unlocking molecular structures on demand
KANAZAWA, Japan, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at Kanazawa University report in Angewandte Chemie International Edition how the formation and deformation speed of interlocked molecular structures called rotaxanes can be tuned — a discovery that may lead to an enhanced functionality of rotaxanes as building blocks for molecular machines.
- KANAZAWA, Japan, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at Kanazawa University report in Angewandte Chemie International Edition how the formation and deformation speed of interlocked molecular structures called rotaxanes can be tuned — a discovery that may lead to an enhanced functionality of rotaxanes as building blocks for molecular machines.
- Rotaxanes are molecules with a two-component structure: a dumbbell-shaped part (the 'axle') threaded through a ring-like part (the 'wheel').
- Shigehisa Akine, Yoko Sakata, and colleagues from Kanazawa University have now developed a new approach for controlled rotaxane dissociation and formation.
- Shigehisa Akine, Yoko Sakata, and colleagues from Kanazawa University have now studied the formation and dissociation process of a palladium-containing rotaxane.