Dynamics of excitons in conjugated molecules and organic semiconductor systems

OP Dimitriev - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The exciton, an excited electron–hole pair bound by Coulomb attraction, plays a key role in
photophysics of organic molecules and drives practically important phenomena such as …

Designing light-driven rotary molecular motors

DRS Pooler, AS Lubbe, S Crespi, BL Feringa - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The ability to induce and amplify motion at the molecular scale has seen tremendous
progress ranging from simple molecular rotors to responsive materials. In the two decades …

Photo-and redox-driven artificial molecular motors

M Baroncini, S Silvi, A Credi - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Directed motion at the nanoscale is a central attribute of life, and chemically driven motor
proteins are nature's choice to accomplish it. Motivated and inspired by such …

Transamidation-driven molecular pumps

L Binks, C Tian, SDP Fielden… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report a new class of synthetic molecular pumps that use a stepwise information ratchet
mechanism to achieve the kinetic gating required to sequester their macrocyclic substrates …

A light-fuelled nanoratchet shifts a coupled chemical equilibrium

M Kathan, S Crespi, NO Thiel, DL Stares… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Biological molecular machines enable chemical transformations, assembly, replication and
motility, but most distinctively drive chemical systems out of-equilibrium to sustain life,. In …

Phototriggered complex motion by programmable construction of light-driven molecular motors in liquid crystal networks

J Hou, G Long, W Zhao, G Zhou, D Liu… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recent developments in artificial molecular machines have enabled precisely controlled
molecular motion, which allows several distinct mechanical operations at the nanoscale …

Photo-to-chemical energy transformation: Pioneering photocatalysts, surface and interface engineering

R Kumar, MP Chaudhary, A Al-Ahmed… - Materials Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis entails materials that have specific features for widespread practical
applications, including, powerful light absorption, rapid charge transport, an adequate band …

Supramolecular dissipative self‐assembly systems: Approaches and applications

XF Hou, X Chen, JH Wei, Y Xu, XM Chen… - Responsive …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dissipative self‐assembly (DSA) system requires a continuous supply of fuels to maintain
the far‐from‐equilibrium assembled state. Living organisms exist and operate far from the …

Rotors, motors, and machines inside metal–organic frameworks

P Martinez-Bulit, AJ Stirk, SJ Loeb - Trends in Chemistry, 2019 - cell.com
Chemists have learned how to create molecules that mimic the rudimentary motions
exhibited at the macroscopic level by some of the components of modern machinery. Almost …

A stimuli-responsive molecular capsule with switchable dynamics, chirality, and encapsulation characteristics

L Zhiquan, H Xie, SE Border, J Gallucci… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In this study, we report the preparation, conformational dynamics, and recognition
characteristics of novel molecular capsule 1 comprising a bowl-shaped framework …