title: Artificial molecular-level machines. Dethreading-rethreading of a pseudorotaxane powered exclusively by light energy.
abstract: The reversible light-driven dethreading-rethreading of a pseudorotaxane is obtained in solution by exploiting the (E)-(Z) photoisomerisation of azobenzene, and monitored through fluorescence signals.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica G. Ciamician, Università degli Studi di Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy. vbalzani@ciam.unibo.it
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Balzani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Credi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marchioni
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Stoddart