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Artificial molecular-level machines. Dethreading-rethreading of a pseudorotaxane powered exclusively by light energy
V Balzani1, A Credi, F Marchioni
1Dipartimento di Chimica G. Ciamician, Università degli Studi di Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy. vbalzani@ciam.unibo.it
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|September 21, 2002
Abstract:
The reversible light-driven dethreading-rethreading of a pseudorotaxane is obtained in solution by exploiting the (E)-(Z) photoisomerisation of azobenzene, and monitored through fluorescence signals.