Hybrid organic-inorganic rotaxanes and molecular shuttles

Nature

Volumn 458, Issue 7236, 2009, Pages 314-318

  Lee, Chin Fa ^a   Leigh, David A ^a   Pritchard, Robin G ^b   Schultz, David ^a   Teat, Simon J ^c   Timco, Grigore A ^b   Winpenny, Richard E P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ROTAXANE;

CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 62749094403     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07847     Document Type: Article

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