Transition metal-complexed catenanes and rotaxanes as molecular machine prototypes.
Transition metal-containing catenanes and rotaxanes are ideally suited to build molecular machines and motors; in the present review article, three examples from our group are discussed which consist of (i) a fast-moving electrochemically-driven pirouetting machine, (ii) a linear rotaxane dimer whose behaviour is reminiscent of muscles, in the sense that it can be stretched or contracted and (iii) a light-driven machine consisting of a catenane constructed around a ruthenium(II) centre.
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Jean-Pierre
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Laboratoire de Chimie Organo-Minerale, UMR 7513 du CNRS, Institut Le Bel, Universite Louis Pasteur, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67000, Strasbourg Cedex, France.