Molecular daisy chains

摘要

A molecular daisy chain that threads itself together could have future uses in molecular electronic devices, say scientists in Taiwan.Sheng-Hsien Chiu and his colleagues at the National Taiwan University, Taipei, and National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, have found away to interlock pseudorotaxanes and rotaxanes, creating chains that could prove useful as molecular actuators and switches for molecular electronic devices.