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Molecular machines swap rings

Molecular machines swap rings
Molecular machines swap rings

A chemical system has been made in which two rings on an axle can switch places by allowing a smaller ring to slip through the cavity of a larger one. The advance opens up potential applications in molecular data storage.

Chemistry, Nanoscience and technology, Organic chemistry
0028-0836
39-40
Goldup, Steve
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Goldup, Steve
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Goldup, Steve (2018) Molecular machines swap rings. Nature, 557 (7703), 39-40. (doi:10.1038/d41586-018-02732-5).

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Abstract

A chemical system has been made in which two rings on an axle can switch places by allowing a smaller ring to slip through the cavity of a larger one. The advance opens up potential applications in molecular data storage.

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Accepted/In Press date: 11 February 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 30 April 2018
Published date: 3 May 2018
Keywords: Chemistry, Nanoscience and technology, Organic chemistry

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Local EPrints ID: 421150
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/421150
ISSN: 0028-0836
PURE UUID: 1248143b-db0f-4d54-bf80-96b577cb18fa
ORCID for Steve Goldup: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3781-0464

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Date deposited: 23 May 2018 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 06:38

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