Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Metal-centred azaphosphatriptycene gear with a photo- and thermally driven mechanical switching function based on coordination isomerism

  • Hitoshi Ube,
  • Yoshihiro Yasuda,
  • Hiroyasu Sato,
  • Mitsuhiko Shionoya

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14296
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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In metal-based molecular motors, the motion is generally triggered by changes in the ligand coordination around the metal centre. Here, the authors synthesize a molecular gear that switches between states through photo- and thermally driven geometrical isomerization around a platinum ion.