title: Facile assembly of light-driven molecular motors onto a solid surface.
abstract: In order to improve the rotary motion of surface assembled light-driven molecular motors, tetra-acid-functionalized motors were bound to an amine-coated quartz surface without prior activation of the acid groups. In contrast to earlier bipodal motors, the tetravalent motor showed no significant reduction in the rotation speed when attached to a surface.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Systems Chemistry, Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands. b.l.feringa@rug.nl.
authors.forename: Jiawen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Kuang-Yen
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Gregory T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: Ben L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Feringa