A molecular switch based on acid and base promoted, cation governed binding in a crown ether threaded rotaxane

A chemically and electrochemically switchable molecular shuttle

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Natural Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry +12

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Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Physics +17

A Light-Driven Molecular Shuttle Based on a Rotaxane

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Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry +6

Acid−Base Controllable Molecular Shuttles

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Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +16

Rotaxanes Incorporating Two Different Coordinating Units in Their Thread:  Synthesis and Electrochemically and Photochemically Induced Molecular Motions

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Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry +15