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Au-Yeung KH, Sarkar S, Kühne T, Aiboudi O, Ryndyk DA, Robles R, Lorente N, Lissel F, Joachim C, Moresco F. A Nanocar and Rotor in One Molecule. ACS Nano 2023; 17:3128-3134. [PMID: 36638056 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c12128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Depending on its adsorption conformation on the Au(111) surface, a zwitterionic single-molecule machine works in two different ways under bias voltage pulses. It is a unidirectional rotor while anchored on the surface. It is a fast-drivable molecule vehicle (nanocar) while physisorbed. By tuning the surface coverage, the conformation of the molecule can be selected to be either rotor or nanocar. The inelastic tunneling excitation producing the movement is investigated in the same experimental conditions for both the unidirectional rotation of the rotor and the directed movement of the nanocar.
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- Kwan Ho Au-Yeung
- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden, TU Dresden, 01062Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden, TU Dresden, 01062Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden, TU Dresden, 01062Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., 01069 Dresden, Germany, and Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, TU Dresden, 01062Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Materials Science, TU Dresden, 01062Dresden, Germany
- Theoretical Chemistry, TU Dresden, 01062Dresden, Germany
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- Centro de Física de Materiales CFM/MPC (CSIC-UPV/EHU), 20018Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales CFM/MPC (CSIC-UPV/EHU), 20018Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- Donostia international physics center, 20018Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., 01069 Dresden, Germany, and Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, TU Dresden, 01062Dresden, Germany
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- GNS & MANA Satellite, CEMES, CNRS, 29 rue J. Marvig, 31055Toulouse, France
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden, TU Dresden, 01062Dresden, Germany
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Nishino T, Martin CJ, Takeuchi H, Lim F, Yasuhara K, Gisbert Y, Abid S, Saffon-Merceron N, Kammerer C, Rapenne G. Dipolar Nanocars Based on a Porphyrin Backbone. Chemistry 2020; 26:12010-12018. [PMID: 32530071 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202001999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The design and synthesis of a new family of nanocars is reported. To control their motion, we integrated a dipole which can be tuned thanks to strategic donor and acceptor substituents at the 5- and 15-positions of the porphyrin backbone. The two other meso positions are substituted with ethynyltriptycene moieties which are known to act as wheels. Full characterization of nine nanocars is presented as well as the electrochemistry of these push-pull molecules. DFT calculations allowed us to evaluate the magnitude of the dipoles and to understand the electrochemical behavior and how it is affected by the electron donating and accepting groups present. An X-ray crystal structure of one nanocar has also been obtained.
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- Toshio Nishino
- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0192, Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0192, Japan.,International Collaborative Laboratory for Supraphotoactive Systems, NAIST-CEMES, 29 rue Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France
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- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0192, Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0192, Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0192, Japan
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- CEMES-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, 29, rue Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France
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- CEMES-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, 29, rue Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France
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- UPS, Université de Toulouse, Institut de Chimie de Toulouse, FR 2599, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse, France
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- CEMES-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, 29, rue Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France
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- Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0192, Japan.,International Collaborative Laboratory for Supraphotoactive Systems, NAIST-CEMES, 29 rue Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France.,CEMES-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, 29, rue Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France
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Jacquot de Rouville HP, Kammerer C, Rapenne G. From the Synthesis of Nanovehicles to Participation in the First Nanocar Race-View from the French Team. Molecules 2018; 23:E612. [PMID: 29518034 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23030612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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This review article presents our accomplished work on the synthesis of molecular triptycene wheels and their introduction into nanovehicles such as wheelbarrows and nanocars, equipped with two and four wheels, respectively. The architecture of nanovehicles is based on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which provide a potential cargo zone. Our strategy allowed us to obtain planar or curved nanocars, exhibiting different mobilities on metallic surfaces. Our curved nanocar participated in the first nanocar race organized in Toulouse (France) on 28 and 29 April 2017.
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