title: Crystalline molecular machines: a quest toward solid-state dynamics and function.
abstract: Complex molecular machinery may be envisioned as densely packed, multicomponent, self-assembling systems built with high structural precision to control the dynamics of one or more internal degrees of freedom. With molecular gyroscopes as a test, we describe a general strategy to design crystals capable of supporting structurally programmed molecular motions, a practical approach to their synthesis, convenient strategies to characterize their solid-state dynamics, and potential applications based on polar structures responding collectively to external fields.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, USA.
authors.forename: Tinh-Alfredo V
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Khuong
authors.forename: Jose E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Nuñez
authors.forename: Carlos E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Godinez
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Garcia-Garibay