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A generic basis for some simple light-operated mechanical molecular machines
Perez, Emilio M.,Dryden, David T. F.,Leigh, David A.,Teobaldi, Gilberto,Zerbetto, Francesco
, p. 12210 - 12211 (2004)
A novel type of mechanical switch is described in which light-induced translation of a macrocycle in a [2]rotaxane quenches anthracene fluorescence. Features of the system include the remarkable 200:1 difference in fluorescence intensity between the two p