Assessing the mechanical properties of a molecular spring

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 30, 2007, Pages 8463-8469

  Berni, Emanuela ^a   Kauffmann, Brice ^a   Bao, Chunyan ^a   Lefeuvre, Julien ^a   Bassani, Dario M ^a   Huc, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Helical structures; Molecular recognition; Structure elucidation; Supramolecular chemistry

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PYRIDINE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ARYL-AMIDE LINKAGES; DIAZAANTHRACENE UNIT; DOUBLE HELICAL HYBRIDS; HELIX DIAMETER; MOLECULAR SPRING; OLIGOPYRIDINE-DICARBOXAMIDE STRANDS; SPECTACULAR STABILIZATION;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 35348932762     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200700847     Document Type: Article

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