Synthetic Molecular Machines

Functional Synthetic Receptors

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 333-406

  Kay, Euan R ^a   Leigh, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Controlling configurational changes; Controlling conformational changes; Controlling motion in interlocked systems; Controlling motion in supramolecular systems; Functional synthetic receptors; Synthetic molecular machines; Useful molecular machines

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444602299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/352760572X.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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