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And Yet It Rotates: The Starter for a Molecular Wankel Motor

2012; Wiley; Volume: 51; Issue: 41 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/anie.201206188

1521-3773

Gabriel Merino, Thomas Heine,

Advanced Chemical Physics Studies

Gentlemen, start your engines! A starter system for the smallest molecular motor known so far, B13+, has been prepared. An external laser field of circular polarized light with a tuned frequency is used to trigger the rotation of the inner and outer rings of the planar π-aromatic double-ring system (see picture). Can this idea be transferred to other systems in nanotechnology?