Motor de cristal molecular con energía solar basado en una reacción de fotoisomerización entre antraceno y

Kevin Lam1, Veronica Carta1, Mohammed Almtiri2

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States.

Resumen

Los investigadores desarrollaron motores de cristal molecular que convierten la luz en movimiento mecánico. Estos motores, basados en la molécula C4-ATD, exhiben oscilaciones continuas impulsadas por la luz, incluso la irradiación solar.

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