Unidirectional molecular motor on a gold surface

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7063, 2005, Pages 1337-1340

  Van Delden, Richard A ^a   Ter Wiel, Matthijs K J ^a   Pollard, Michael M ^a   Vicario, Javier ^a   Koumura, Nagatoshi ^a   Feringa, Ben L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; GOLD; ISOMERIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ROTATION; SURFACE TREATMENT;

DOUBLE BONDS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LINEAR MOTION; UNIDIRECTIONAL MOLECULAR MOTORS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ALKENE; CARBON; GOLD; MOLECULAR MOTOR; NANOPARTICLE; THIOL;

GOLD;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

STATOR;

EID: 27644467853     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04127     Document Type: Article

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