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Reading the operation of an acid/base-controllable molecular switch by naked eye
Kuang-Wei Cheng1, Chien-Cchen Lai, Pinn-Tsong Chiang
1Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, ROC.
Abstract:
We report a pH-controllable molecular switch whose switching can be monitored by the naked eye; this system involves the formation of a complex between a [2]rotaxane--featuring dibenzylammonium and 4,4'-bipyridinium stations--and a TTF-side-walled molecular clip.

