title: Synthesis and Photostability of Unimolecular Submersible Nanomachines: Toward Single-Molecule Tracking in Solution.
abstract: The synthesis and photophysical properties of a series of photostable unimolecular submersible nanomachines (USNs) are reported as a first step toward the analysis of their trajectories in solution. The USNs have a light-driven rotatory motor for propulsion in solution and photostable cy5-COT fluorophores for their tracking. These cy5-COT fluorophores are found to provide an almost 2-fold increase in photostability compared to the previous USN versions and do not affect the rotation of the motor.
authors.forename: Víctor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: García-López
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University , Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeffet
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Toho University , 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Shunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuwahara
authors.forename: Angel A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Martí
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University , Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel.
authors.forename: Yuval
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ebenstein
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tour