Amplifying Molecular Scale Rotary Motion: The Marriage of Overcrowded Alkene Molecular Motor with Liquid Crystals
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DOI: 10.1002/adma.202109800
Abstract: Design and fabrication of macroscopic functional devices by molecular engineering is an emerging and effective strategy in exploration of advanced materials. Photoresponsive overcrowded alkene‐based molecular motor (OAMM) is considered as one of the most promising… read more here.
Keywords: molecular motor; liquid crystal; amplifying molecular; overcrowded alkene ... See more keywords
Driving a Third Generation Molecular Motor with Electrons Across a Surface.
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DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c12340
Abstract: Excitation of single molecules with electrons tunneling between a sharp metallic tip of a scanning tunneling microscope and a metal surface is one way to study and control dynamics of molecules on surfaces. Electron tunneling… read more here.
Keywords: driving third; molecular motor; across surface; surface ... See more keywords
Coupled Rotary and Oscillatory Motion in a Second-Generation Molecular Motor Pd Complex
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DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c08267
Abstract: Molecular machines offer many opportunities for the development of responsive materials and introduce autonomous motion in molecular systems. While basic molecular switches and motors carry out one type of motion upon being exposed to an… read more here.
Keywords: molecular motor; second generation; oscillatory motion; development ... See more keywords
Solvent Mixing To Induce Molecular Motor Aggregation into Bowl-Shaped Particles: Underlying Mechanism, Particle Nature, and Application To Control Motor Behavior
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DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b03045
Abstract: Control over dynamic functions in larger assemblies is key to many molecular systems, ranging from responsive materials to molecular machines. Here we report a molecular motor that forms bowl-shaped particles in water and how confinement… read more here.
Keywords: shaped particles; control; molecular motor; solvent ... See more keywords
Multi-modal control over the assembly of a molecular motor bola-amphiphile in water.
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DOI: 10.1039/d0cc02177f
Abstract: We report multi-modal-control over the assembly behaviour of a first-generation molecular motor bola-amphiphile in water by light, pH and the choice of counter-ions. These findings open up opportunities for the development of materials that reconfigurate… read more here.
Keywords: modal control; molecular motor; control assembly; multi modal ... See more keywords
A molecular motor from lignocellulose
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DOI: 10.1039/d2gc00291d
Abstract: Lignin is the largest natural source of functionalized aromatics on the planet, therefore exploiting its inherent structural features for the synthesis of aromatic products is a timely and ambitious goal. While the recently developed lignin… read more here.
Keywords: chemistry; molecular motor; motor lignocellulose;
Prospects for single-molecule electrostatic detection in molecular motor gliding motility assays
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DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/abfdf5
Abstract: Molecular motor gliding motility assays based on myosin/actin or kinesin/microtubules are of interest for nanotechnology applications ranging from cargo-trafficking in lab-on-a-chip devices to novel biocomputation strategies. Prototype systems are typically monitored by expensive and bulky… read more here.
Keywords: molecule; detection; molecular motor; motility assays ... See more keywords
KIF13A mediates trafficking of influenza A virus ribonucleoproteins
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DOI: 10.1242/jcs.210807
Abstract: ABSTRACT Influenza A is a rapidly evolving virus that is successful in provoking periodic epidemics and occasional pandemics in humans. Viral assembly is complex as the virus incorporates an eight-partite genome of RNA (in the… read more here.
Keywords: trafficking influenza; kif13a mediates; molecular motor; viral assembly ... See more keywords