A fast redox-induced switching mechanism in a conformationally controllable molecular thread in solution.
Irreversible redox-induced relaxation processes occurring in a synthetic thread for rotaxane-based molecular devices are investigated; the results show that such a system in solution allows chemists to efficiently realize a nanosecond timescale/electrochemically-driven "conformational shaping" through simple control of non-covalent interactions.
Zazza
Costantino
C
Supercomputing Centre for University and Research, Caspur, via dei Tizii 6/b, 00185 Roma, Italy. costantino.zazza@caspur.it
Mancini
Giordano
G
Amadei
Andrea
A
Sanna
Nico
N
Aschi
Massimiliano
M
D004563:Electrochemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D056004:Molecular Dynamics Simulation; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D043862:Rotaxanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions
D043862:Rotaxanes; D012996:Solutions