Issue 34, 2008
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Chemical Communications

The foundation of a light driven molecular muscle based on stilbene and α-cyclodextrin†

Ryan E. Dawson,a   Stephen F. Lincolnb  and  Christopher J. Easton*a  

* Corresponding authors

a ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology, Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
E-mail: easton@rsc.anu.edu.au
Fax: +61 2 6125 8114

b School of Chemistry and Physics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Abstract

The rotaxane 3(E,E) serves as the basis of a light driven molecular muscle, where reversible photoisomerisation of the stilbene units causes the cyclodextrins to move off and on the stilbene units, contracting and extending the distance between the blocking groups.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B809014A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
28 May 2008
Accepted
03 Jul 2008
First published
17 Jul 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 3980-3982

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The foundation of a light driven molecular muscle based on stilbene and α-cyclodextrin

R. E. Dawson, S. F. Lincoln and C. J. Easton, Chem. Commun., 2008, 3980 DOI: 10.1039/B809014A

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