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Rotaxanes

Known as: Rotaxane, Rotaxanes [Chemical/Ingredient] 
Complex compounds in which a dumbbell shaped molecule is encircled by a macrocycle. They are named after rota (wheel) and axis (axle). Notation with… 
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Electrochemically driven sequential machines: an implementation of copper rotaxanes.
We propose to use the redox states and ligand reorganization characteristics of a copper rotaxane mechanical machine to realize a… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Binding to protein surfaces by supramolecular multivalent scaffolds.
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
A highly efficient approach to the self-assembly of hexagonal cavity-cored tris[2]pseudorotaxanes from several components via multiple noncovalent interactions.
A method of incorporating both metal−ligand and crown ether−dialkylammonium self-assembly techniques in the efficient synthesis… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Sequential O- and N-acylation protocol for high-yield preparation and modification of rotaxanes: synthesis, functionalization, structure, and intercomponent interaction of rotaxanes.
A pseudorotaxane consisting of a 24-membered crown ether and secondary ammonium salt with the hydroxy group at the terminus was… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Structures and properties of self-assembled monolayers of bistable [2]rotaxanes on Au (111) surfaces from molecular dynamics simulations validated with experiment.
Bistable [2]rotaxanes display controllable switching properties in solution, on surfaces, and in devices. These phenomena are… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Redox-controllable amphiphilic [2]rotaxanes.
With the fabrication of molecular electronic devices (MEDs) and the construction of nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMSs) as… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
A copper-complexed rotaxane in motion: pirouetting of the ring on the millisecond timescale.
A new bistable rotaxane, consisting of a 2,2'-bipyridine-containing thread and a ring incorporating both a bidentate chelate and… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Amphiphilic Bistable Rotaxanes
Two molecular shuttles/ switches-a slow one and a fast one- in the shape of amphiphilic, bistable [2]rotaxanes have been… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
High-Yielding Rotaxane Synthesis with an Anion Template.
An electrophile caught like a mouse in a trap! An anionic stopper-wheel complex acts as a supramolecular nucleophile in an almost… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Self-Assembly of (n)Rotaxanes Bearing Dendritic Stoppers ┴
We have developed a synthetic approach to the self-assembly of [2]-, [3]-, and [4]rotaxanes, incorporating bis-p-phenylene-34… 
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