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Chemistry World April 28, 2009 Jon Cartwright |
Metal ions give rise to threaded molecules Chemists in France have developed a simple method to synthesize tricky '[3]rotaxane' molecules for potential applications in intelligent materials and molecular machines. |
Chemistry World October 26, 2012 Andy Extance |
Molecular muscle machines bulk up French researchers have made the longest molecular machines that can be shrunk on demand in a collective motion that emulate muscle fibers. |
Chemistry World December 3, 2014 Cally Haynes |
One rotaxane, two catalytic stories A two-site supramolecular catalyst that can be programmed to mediate different reactions depending on its conformation has been designed by researchers in the UK. |
Chemistry World November 5, 2007 Ned Stafford |
Joining up Nanocircuits A team of scientists have covalently bonded strings of porphyrin molecules on a gold surface -- a step forward in the quest to develop nano-electronics. |
Chemistry World September 9, 2013 Jennifer Newton |
Handcuff catenanes Scientists in the US have successfully used a template directed protocol to synthesize two topological isomers of a handcuff catenane. |
Chemistry World April 18, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
First DNA rotaxane Rotaxanes are dumbbell-shaped molecules encircled by a molecular hoop that can move unhindered along the axle, trapped by the bulky stoppers at either end. These could be useful components in molecular machines. |
Chemistry World January 6, 2015 Jennifer Newton |
Light drives unusual rotaxane-to-catenane transformation Researchers in Europe have reported a mechanically-interlocked molecular system that can reversibly switch between being a rotaxane and a catenane. |
Chemistry World January 5, 2011 Akshat Rathi |
Macromolecules from miniature templates UK researchers have designed a new highly effective method to construct large molecules of a defined size using simple templates. |
Chemistry World March 5, 2014 Andy Extance |
Rotaxanes make symmetry history A UK team has stumbled upon an efficient way to separately produce each member of an unusual mirror image pair of chemical systems that has eluded scientists for over four decades. |
Chemistry World September 29, 2014 David Bradley |
Pick and mix macromolecules New ways are discovered to piece together pi-functional molecular building blocks to make a wide range of macromolecules. |
Chemistry World January 24, 2007 Lionel Milgrom |
Chemical Computing Creates World's Densest Data Storage Medium A vital piece of nanoelectronic circuitry has been produced which could bring molecular computers a step closer. |
Reactive Reports Issue 33 David Bradley |
The Miniature Rotarians Tiny interlocking wheels are the components of a miniscule molecular rotor designed and built by UK chemists. The submicroscopic invention offers a new motor-like component for those hoping to build nanotechnology from the bottom up. |
Chemistry World April 19, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
Controlling an organocatalyst with pH UK chemists have designed an organocatalyst that can be mechanically switched on and off simply by changing the pH. |
Chemistry World January 4, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Knighthood for Services to Chemistry Fraser Stoddart, director of the California NanoSystems Institute and professor of NanoSystems Sciences at the University of California, has been appointed a Knight Bachelor for his services to chemistry and molecular nanotechnology. |
Chemistry World June 25, 2012 Michael Gross |
Running Rings Around Molecular Wires New research could open up the possibility of using new carbon compounds as wires in molecular electronics. |
Chemistry World March 9, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Covalent Bonds Crack Under the Strain Chemists must consider engineering principles when designing molecules following news that tough carbon-to-carbon bonds break easily under mechanical strain. |
Chemistry World January 25, 2013 Laura Howes |
Switchable catenane ready for data storage A quick experiment at the start of a PhD has resulted in a stable organic compound with four unpaired electrons. The researchers are now investigating this unusual structure for applications in batteries and data storage. |
Chemistry World June 16, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Rotaxane molecule seen in action Researchers from the US and Japan have directly observed the ring of a rotaxane molecule shuttling along its spindle. The behaviour of the rotaxane is influenced by its molecular environment, something that is significant if the molecules are to be used as molecular machines. |
Technology Research News August 13, 2003 |
Molecule makes ring rotor Researchers from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland have interlocked large, ring-shaped molecules to make a molecular rotor that moves in only one direction. The molecule could eventually be used as a nanoscale motor or winch. |
Chemistry World May 4, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Molecular shuttle slides into the solid state Scientists in Canada have for the first time incorporated a 'molecular shuttle' into a metal -- organic framework, raising the possibility of future solid-state nanotechnologies based on interlocking molecules. |
Chemistry World July 3, 2014 Tami Spector |
Of atoms and aesthetics Molecular aesthetics means many things to a few people. For some it means tangible aspects of compounds; for others yet, the ways that chemists represent molecules. |
Chemistry World July 17, 2014 Karl Collins |
Organic chemistry: a mechanistic approach Aimed at undergraduate chemistry students, this relatively succinct text begins with the fundamentals of molecular structure and introduces the concept of molecular orbitals early. |
Chemistry World June 2007 |
Student Book Reviews Chemistry for CSI Fans... At the Heart of Molecular Biology... A Broad Vista of Chemistry...Rings Are Not Just for Carbons... etc. |
Chemistry World January 2010 Philip Ball |
Welcome to the machine Molecular machines have promised so much but are they more whimsical than technical? |
Chemistry World May 2011 |
Column: In the pipeline Molecular biology, physics, materials science, physiology, even pure mathematics is a neighbor, and these neighbors are usually reached through a zone of interdisciplinary stuff that's rather hard to define. So who counts as a chemist? |
Reactive Reports May 2007 David Bradley |
Meeting of Molecular Movie Stars New footage confirms Linus Pauling's theory of chemical bonding proposed half a century ago, and could help explain molecular recognition processes important throughout supramolecular chemistry and molecular biology. |