期刊
CHEM
卷 8, 期 1, 页码 243-252出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2021.11.012
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资金
- East China Normal University
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [22001074, 21727806, 21933001]
- Shanghai Sailing Program [20YF1411400]
- Postdoctoral Research Foundation of China [2019M661432]
- National Key R&D Program of China [2017YFA0204901]
- Tencent Foundation through the XPLORER PRIZE and Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter at Nankai University [63181206]
- Shenzhen Fundamental Research Program [JCYJ20190807094003691]
Measurements on single molecules reveal features that are difficult to detect using techniques that probe averaged properties of many molecules. These measurements provide new opportunities to study the structure and dynamics of synthetic molecular machines.
Measurements on single molecules can sometimes reveal features that can be difficult to detect using techniques that probe the averaged properties of many molecules. Here, we report on the use of graphene-molecule-graphene single-molecule junctions (GMG-SMJs) to probe the shuttling dynamics of an individual [2]rotaxane molecule. The experiments show variations in the thermodynamic and kinetic shuttling parameters over a temperature range, and in different solvents, allowing the single-molecule data to be quantitatively related to simulation and ensemble experiments. The structural (similar to 1 nm) and temporal (similar to 17 mu s) resolution of the GMG-SMJ enables direct observation of a previously unidentified weak-binding intermediate, arising from the formation of weak hydrogen bonds between the ring and triazole units. The results illustrate how GMG-SMJ measurements provide new opportunities for elucidating aspects of the structure, dynamics, and operational mechanisms of synthetic molecular machines that may be hidden to techniques that probe averaged behavior of an ensemble.
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