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Rotaxanes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The wheel was one of the great inventions of mankind. Reinvention of the wheel in molecular chemistry gave birth to rotaxanes. The wheel is kinetically locked around a linear molecular axle with its slippage blocked by sterically hindering molecules attached to the ends of the axle. Controlling the spatial location of the wheel on the axle, as it naturally spins and slides, is the challenge for chemists who harness the power of the wheel to drive novel molecular machines. The scope of this Special Issue includes state of the art research harnessing the unique features of rotaxanes to construct a wide range of molecules from the small molecular devices such as sensors, switches, biomimetics, and transporters to the large supramolecular structures such as polyrotaxanes. Research papers and reviews dealing with the presented fields are welcome for the preparation of this Special Issue of Molecules.
Dr. David B. SmithrudGuest Editor
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Keywords
- rotaxanes
- polyrotaxanes
- molecular sensors
- molecular switches
- molecular machines
- delivery devices
- host-guest chemistry
- biomimetics
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