The foundation of a light driven molecular muscle based on stilbene and alpha-cyclodextrin.
The rotaxane 3(E,E) serves as the basis of a light driven molecular muscle, where reversible photoisomerisation of the stilbene units causes the cyclodextrins to move off and on the stilbene units, contracting and extending the distance between the blocking groups.
Dawson
Ryan E
RE
ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology, Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
Lincoln
Stephen F
SF
Easton
Christopher J
CJ