title: A fast redox-induced switching mechanism in a conformationally controllable molecular thread in solution.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Supercomputing Centre for University and Research, Caspur, via dei Tizii 6/b, 00185 Roma, Italy. costantino.zazza@caspur.it
authors.forename: Costantino
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zazza
authors.forename: Giordano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mancini
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
mesh_terms: D004563:Electrochemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D056004:Molecular Dynamics Simulation; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D043862:Rotaxanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions
chemical_list: D043862:Rotaxanes; D012996:Solutions