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ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Volume 46, Issue 43, Pages 8120-8126Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200702725
Keywords
electron transfer; fullerenes; pi interactions; molecular machines; molecular shuttles
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Molecular machines are molecular-scale devices that carry out predetermined tasks derived from molecular motion. This Minireview illustrates how fullerenes can be used as multitask building blocks in molecular machinery, providing new perspectives for fullerenes. Indeed, C-60 can be applied as a photo- and electroactive stopper owing to its size, as a probe for molecular motion as a result of its well-defined physicochemical properties, and to induce motion through pi-pi interactions. Such molecular motion can be employed to modulate light-driven electron-transfer events, extending the potential applications of molecular machines to the typical fields of application of fullerenes.
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