Research - Molecular Machines

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       Chemical topology

        Molecular machines

        Electron transfer

A molecular machine is a molecular object made of at least two components, one of which can be put in motion with respect to the other by an external signal like electricity, light or a chemical reagent.

Two main types of molecular machines have been developed in our lab and are still under extensive study:

copper(I)-copper(II) molecules, where the motion is induced by an electrochemical signals or the addition of a chemical reagent;
ruthenium(II) systems where the control of the motion is made by light.

We briefly discuss in those links some results obtained with molecular machines.