Pressure-driven, solvation-directed planar chirality switching of cyclophano-pillar[5]arenes (molecular universal joints)
Jiabin Yao, Hiroaki Mizuno, Chao Xiao, Wanhua Wu, Yoshihisa Inoue, Cheng Yang, Gaku Fukuhara
Abstract
solvent molecules as well as the solvation of the excluded subring. The present results further encourage our use of pressure as a unique tool for dynamically manipulating various supramolecular devices/machines.
Topics & Concepts
PillarSolvationPlanarChirality (physics)Planar chiralityChemical physicsMaterials scienceNanotechnologyChemistryCrystallographyComputational chemistryMoleculeEnantioselective synthesisComputer sciencePhysicsEngineeringStructural engineeringOrganic chemistryQuantum mechanicsCatalysisComputer graphics (images)QuarkNambu–Jona-Lasinio modelChiral symmetry breakingSupramolecular Chemistry and ComplexesMolecular Sensors and Ion DetectionSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials