Can a synthetic thread act as an electrochemically switchable molecular device?
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.
Zazza
Costantino
C
Supercomputing Centre for University and Research, Caspur, via dei Tizii 6/b, Rome, Italy.
Amadei
Andrea
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Sanna
Nico
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Aschi
Massimiliano
M