title: A trimer of ultrafast nanomotors: synthesis, photochemistry and self-assembly on graphite.
abstract: Lightning quick! A new ultrafast light-driven molecular motor was developed, which was readily incorporated into a larger trimeric system. The trimer of these motors was studied with STM and at the interface of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite and 1-phenyloctane the molecules form stable arrays in which the chirality of the trimer is expressed on both the molecular and the supramolecular level (see figure).
authors.affiliation: Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Arjen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cnossen
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pijper
authors.forename: Tibor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kudernac
authors.forename: Michael M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Pollard
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Katsonis
authors.forename: Ben L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Feringa
mesh_terms: D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D016252:Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling / Q000379:methods; D015394:Molecular Structure; D049329:Nanostructures; D010777:Photochemistry; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D006108:Graphite