Optical reading of the open and closed states of a molecular turnstile.
A molecular turnstile composed of a hydroquinone based rotor and a stator bearing a tridentate coordinating site can be reversibly switched between open and closed states. The locking and unlocking processes may be read optically.
Molecular Tectonic Laboratory, UMR UDS-CNRS 7140, icFRC, University of Strasbourg, Institut Le Bel, 4, rue Blaise Pascal, F-67000 Strasbourg, France. hosseini@unistra.fr.
Nicolas
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Zigon
Patrick
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Larpent
Abdelaziz
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Jouaiti
Nathalie
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Kyritsakas
Mir Wais
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Hosseini