Nature Communications (Aug 2018)
Dual stimuli-responsive rotaxane-branched dendrimers with reversible dimension modulation
Abstract
Mechanically interlocked molecules are extensively applied as artificial molecular machines but rotaxane-branched dendrimers are rarely explored because of synthetic challenges. Here the authors present the construction of dual stimuli-responsive rotaxane-branched dendrimer which can be stimulated by DMSO or acetate ions.