title: Rotary molecular motors: a large increase in speed through a small change in design.
abstract: Reducing the steric interaction between the upper-half and the lower-half of a light-driven rotary molecular motor by decreasing the size of the aromatic moiety in the upper-half from a naphthalene to a benzothiophene results in an almost 3500 times faster rotation.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Systems Chemistry, Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fernández Landaluce
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: London
authors.forename: Michael M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Pollard
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rudolf
authors.forename: Ben L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Feringa
mesh_terms: D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D012399:Rotation; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013816:Thermodynamics