Mechanical twisting of a guest by a photoresponsive host

Nature

Volumn 440, Issue 7083, 2006, Pages 512-515

  Muraoka, Takahiro ^a   Kinbara, Kazushi ^a,b   Aida, Takuzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; COUPLED CIRCUITS; ISOMERIZATION; ROTORS;

AZOBENZENE STRAP; MOLECULAR MOTIONS; PHOTORESPONSIVE HOST; UNIDIRECTIONAL ROTORS;

SPACE SHUTTLES;

AZOBENZENE; CYCLOPENTADIENE DERIVATIVE; FERROCENE;

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; COVALENT BOND; ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33645303805     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04635     Document Type: Article

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