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Molecular Machines and Motors

Recent Advances and Perspectives

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Editors:
  1. Alberto Credi

    1. Dept. of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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  2. Serena Silvi

    1. Dept. of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Bologna, Germany

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  3. Margherita Venturi

    1. Dept. of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician", University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Light-Operated Machines Based on Threaded Molecular Structures

    • Alberto Credi, Serena Silvi, Margherita Venturi
    Pages 1-34

  3. Transition-Metal-Complexed Catenanes and Rotaxanes: From Dynamic Systems to Functional Molecular Machines

    • Stéphanie Durot, Valérie Heitz, Angélique Sour, Jean-Pierre Sauvage
    Pages 35-70

  4. Cyclodextrin-Based Molecular Machines

    • Akihito Hashidzume, Hiroyasu Yamaguchi, Akira Harada
    Pages 71-110

  5. Synthetic Molecular Walkers

    • David A. Leigh, Urszula Lewandowska, Bartosz Lewandowski, Miriam R. Wilson
    Pages 111-138

  6. Unidirectional Light-Driven Molecular Motors Based on Overcrowded Alkenes

    • Arjen Cnossen, Wesley R. Browne, Ben L. Feringa
    Pages 139-162

  7. Arrays of Dipolar Molecular Rotors in Tris(o-phenylenedioxy)cyclotriphosphazene

    • Ke Zhao, Paul I. Dron, Jiří Kaleta, Charles T. Rogers, Josef Michl
    Pages 163-211

  8. Organizing Mechanically Interlocked Molecules to Function Inside Metal-Organic Frameworks

    • Kelong Zhu, Stephen J. Loeb
    Pages 213-251

  9. Single Rotating Molecule-Machines: Nanovehicles and Molecular Motors

    • Gwénaël Rapenne, Christian Joachim
    Pages 253-277

  10. DNA-Based Machines

    • Fuan Wang, Bilha Willner, Itamar Willner
    Pages 279-338

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 339-342
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About this book

The cutting-edge advances in this research field are nicely pictured in the chapters of this volume. They come from world’s leading laboratories engaged in the development of molecular machines and are authored by some of the most respected scientists in the field. This volume shows, on the one hand, the level of ingenuity and technical capability reached in the construction of artificial nanomachines roughly two decades after their inception. On the other hand, it conveys the excitement about the enormous opportunities as well as the challenges this research area presents, as the interest of researchers is shifting from ensemble to single-molecule measurements and from homogeneous to heterogeneous environments. Indeed, as Feynman said “when we have some control of the arrangement of things on a molecular scale, we will get an enormously greater range of possible properties that substances can have.” Although the answer to the “when” question is not easy to find, there is no doubt that artificial molecular machines and motors will lead to a wide variety of applications which we cannot even envisage today.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 was awarded jointly to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa "for the design and synthesis of molecular machines".
Both Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Bernard L. Feringa contributed to this volume.


The goal of each thematic volume in this series is to give the non-specialist reader, whether in academia or industry, a comprehensive insight into an area where new research is emerging which is of interest to a larger scientific audience. Each review within the volume critically surveys one aspect of that topic and places it within the context of the volume as a whole. The most significant developments of the last 5 to 10 years are presented using selected examples to illustrate the principles discussed. The coverage is not intended to be an exhaustive summary of the field or include large quantities of data, but should rather be conceptual, concentrating on the methodological thinking that will allow the non-specialist reader to understand the information presented. Contributions also offer an outlook on potential future developments in the field. Review articles for the individual volumes are invited by the volume editors. Readership: research chemists at universities or in industry, graduate students.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Alberto Credi

  • Dept. of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Bologna, Germany

    Serena Silvi

  • Dept. of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician", University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Margherita Venturi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Molecular Machines and Motors

  • Book Subtitle: Recent Advances and Perspectives

  • Editors: Alberto Credi, Serena Silvi, Margherita Venturi

  • Series Title: Topics in Current Chemistry

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08678-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-08677-4Published: 16 September 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34345-7Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-08678-1Published: 02 September 2014

  • Series ISSN: 0340-1022

  • Series E-ISSN: 1436-5049

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 342

  • Number of Illustrations: 112 b/w illustrations, 137 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Microengineering

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