Light-powered autonomous and directional molecular motion of a dissipative self-assembling system

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 70-75

  Ragazzon, Giulio ^a   Baroncini, Massimo ^a   Silvi, Serena ^a   Venturi, Margherita ^a   Credi, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOMOLECULAR MOTOR; BROWNIAN FLUCTUATIONS; ENERGY AND INFORMATION; MOLECULAR DESIGN; MOLECULAR MACHINES; MOLECULAR MOTIONS; RATCHET MECHANISMS; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUMS;

SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; MOTION; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STIMULATION;

EID: 84923970685     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.260     Document Type: Article

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