All mechanical bonding articles

Feature
The mechanical side of bonding

2023-11-27T11:10:00Z

Synthetic chemists are finally mastering the assembly of interlocked molecules held together by the mechanical bond, find James Mitchell Crow
Research
Improbable rotaxane made using a foldamer helix

2022-07-21T13:10:00Z

Macrocycle displaced to a site for which it has no formal affinity
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Clippanes join rotaxanes and catenanes in mechanically interlocked molecule family

2021-10-27T13:30:00Z

Keck-clip molecules consist of two entangled gold–carbene metallotweezers
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Macrocycles slide freely across carbon nanotubes

2020-07-21T13:05:00Z

Simulations suggest macrocycles show superlubricity at room temperature
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Beautiful molecules ring up with a purpose

2020-06-18T08:13:00Z

How Stephen Goldup used his experience in organic synthesis to find a supramolecular niche
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Mechanical protecting group shields molecules from stress and strain

2020-03-24T15:25:00Z

Catenane makes force-activated molecules more resistant mechanical bond breaking
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Aromaticity lends stability to carbon-only catenanes

2020-02-10T09:58:00Z

Catenanes of newly discovered C₁₈ rings are theoretically possible thanks to the kinetic quirks of aromaticity
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Giant tree molecule made out of 45 rotaxanes switches size on demand

2019-09-09T14:30:00Z

Mechanically interlocked molecules give dendrimer the ability to expand and contract
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First molecular knots made from just benzene rings

2019-07-23T14:31:00Z

Catenane and trefoil knot are the first mechanically interlocked molecules made from only carbon and hydrogen
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Macrocycles power up carbon nanotubes

2018-09-12T09:33:00Z

Interlocked molecules tune the electronic properties of nanotubes, allowing researchers to control their catalytic activity
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Nanotube locked inside a porphyrin

2018-07-23T09:41:00Z

Rotaxane-like assembly formed from mechanically interlocked carbon nanotubes and macrocylic porphyrin rings