Self-Resetting Bistable Redox Molecular Machines for Fullerene Recognition
Adriana Sacristán‐Martín, Daniel Miguel, Héctor Barbero, Celedonio M. Álvarez
Abstract
Addressing control over molecular machines resulting in variable output modulation by mimicking nature mechanisms is a current hot topic. The exploitation of reversibility in thiol/disulfide motifs in chemical systems flanked by nonplanar corannulene moieties capable to recognize fullerenes is presented herein. Two redox-based machines have been conceived for this purpose: an ON/OFF switch that activates its binding properties upon dimerization and a self-resetting (i.e., with an automated backward process) host that substantially modulates its affinity.
Topics & Concepts
BistabilityChemistryFullereneMolecular machineRedoxMolecular recognitionDisulfide bondCombinatorial chemistryMolecular switchNanotechnologyMolecular electronicsMoleculeOrganic chemistryBiochemistryMaterials scienceOptoelectronicsSupramolecular Chemistry and ComplexesMolecular Sensors and Ion DetectionPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research