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Natural SciencesBiophysicsChemistryMolecular BiophysicsMotor ControlMolecular Angular MomentumMolecular DynamicsMolecular MachinesMolecular MechanicsMolecular MotorsMolecular RotationArtificial Molecular MachinesBenzothiophene ChemistryChemically Driven Molecular MotorsLight-driven Molecular MotorsMolecular Motor DynamicsMolecular Motor KineticsMolecular Motor MechanicsMolecular Rotors
Reducing the steric interaction between the upper-half and the lower-half of a light-driven rotary molecular motor by decreasing the size of the aromatic moiety in the upper-half from a naphthalene to a benzothiophene results in an almost 3500 times faster rotation.
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