Light-operated machines based on threaded molecular structures

Topics in Current Chemistry

Volumn 354, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-34

  Credi, Alberto ^a   Silvi, Serena ^a   Venturi, Margherita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Molecular machines; Molecular memories; Photochemistry; Rotaxanes; Unidirectional motion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921785814     PISSN: 03401022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/128_2013_509     Document Type: Article

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