Molecular Machines

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kelly, T. Ross (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Topics in Current Chemistry, 262
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Inorganic chemistry.; Organic chemistry.; Physical chemistry.; Organic Chemistry.; Inorganic Chemistry.; Physical Chemistry.

The chapters in this volume describe bottom-up strategies and chronicle cutting-edge advances from several of the world’s leading laboratories engaged in the development of molecular machines. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 was awarded jointly to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Be...

Table of Contents:

• V. Balzani, A. Credi, B. Ferrer, S. Silvi, M. Venturi: Artificial Molecular Motors and Machines: Design Principles and Prototype Systems
• J.-P. Collin, V. Heitz, J.-P. Sauvage: Transition Metal-Complexed Catenanes and Rotaxanes in Motion: Towards Molecular Machines
• T.F. Magnera, J. Michl: Altitudinal Surface-Mounted Molecular Rotors
• N.N.P. Moonen, A.H. Flood, J.M. Fernández, J.F. Stoddart: Towards a Rational Design of Molecular Switches and Sensors from their Basic Building Blocks
• E.R. Kay, D.A. Leigh: Hydrogen Bond-Assembled Synthetic Molecular Motors and Machines
• S.D. Karlen, M.A. Garcia-Garibay: Amphidynamic Crystals: Structural Blueprints for Molecular Machines.