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Recent Progress in Light-Driven Molecular Shuttles
Molecular shuttles are typical molecular machines that could be applied in various fields. The motion modes of wheel components in rotaxanes could be strategically modulated by external stimuli, such as pH, ions, solvent, light, and so on. Light is particularly attractive because it is harmless and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8847434/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35186899 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2021.832735 |
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author | Yao, Bin Sun, Hongfei Yang, Lin Wang, Song Liu, Xingyan |
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description | Molecular shuttles are typical molecular machines that could be applied in various fields. The motion modes of wheel components in rotaxanes could be strategically modulated by external stimuli, such as pH, ions, solvent, light, and so on. Light is particularly attractive because it is harmless and can be operated in a remote mode and usually no byproducts are formed. Over the past decade, many examples of light-driven molecular shuttles are emerging. Accordingly, this review summarizes the recent research progress of light-driven molecular shuttles. First, the light-driven mechanisms of molecular motions with different functional groups are discussed in detail, which show how to drive photoresponsive or non-photoresponsive molecular shuttles. Subsequently, the practical applications of molecular shuttles in different fields, such as optical information storage, catalysis for organic reactions, drug delivery, and so on, are demonstrated. Finally, the future development of light-driven molecular shuttle is briefly prospected. |
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spelling | pubmed-88474342022-02-17 Recent Progress in Light-Driven Molecular Shuttles Yao, Bin Sun, Hongfei Yang, Lin Wang, Song Liu, Xingyan Front Chem Chemistry Molecular shuttles are typical molecular machines that could be applied in various fields. The motion modes of wheel components in rotaxanes could be strategically modulated by external stimuli, such as pH, ions, solvent, light, and so on. Light is particularly attractive because it is harmless and can be operated in a remote mode and usually no byproducts are formed. Over the past decade, many examples of light-driven molecular shuttles are emerging. Accordingly, this review summarizes the recent research progress of light-driven molecular shuttles. First, the light-driven mechanisms of molecular motions with different functional groups are discussed in detail, which show how to drive photoresponsive or non-photoresponsive molecular shuttles. Subsequently, the practical applications of molecular shuttles in different fields, such as optical information storage, catalysis for organic reactions, drug delivery, and so on, are demonstrated. Finally, the future development of light-driven molecular shuttle is briefly prospected. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8847434/ /pubmed/35186899 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2021.832735 Text en Copyright © 2022 Yao, Sun, Yang, Wang and Liu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Chemistry Yao, Bin Sun, Hongfei Yang, Lin Wang, Song Liu, Xingyan Recent Progress in Light-Driven Molecular Shuttles |
title | Recent Progress in Light-Driven Molecular Shuttles |
title_full | Recent Progress in Light-Driven Molecular Shuttles |
title_fullStr | Recent Progress in Light-Driven Molecular Shuttles |
title_full_unstemmed | Recent Progress in Light-Driven Molecular Shuttles |
title_short | Recent Progress in Light-Driven Molecular Shuttles |
title_sort | recent progress in light-driven molecular shuttles |
topic | Chemistry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8847434/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35186899 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2021.832735 |
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