title: Can a synthetic thread act as an electrochemically switchable molecular device?
abstract: Here we report that at room temperature in acetonitrile after the reduction of the naphthalimide-site, a synthetic molecular thread undergoes a complete conformational change which makes possible an efficient conversion of chemical energy into mechanical work; such results point out the ability of the thread to act as a molecular device under electrochemical control.
authors.affiliation: Supercomputing Centre for University and Research, Caspur, via dei Tizii 6/b, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Costantino
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zazza
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amadei
authors.forename: Nico
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sanna
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aschi