Issue 42, 2019

Electrochemically switchable rotaxanes: recent strides in new directions

Abstract

Are they still electrifying? Electrochemically switchable rotaxanes are well known for their ability to efficiently undergo changes of (co-)conformation and properties under redox-control. Thus, these mechanically interlocked assemblies represent an auspicious liaison between the fields of molecular switches and molecular electronics. Since the first reported example of a redox-switchable molecular shuttle in 1994, improved tools of organic and supramolecular synthesis have enabled sophisticated new architectures, which provide precise control over properties and function. This perspective covers recent advances in the area of electrochemically active rotaxanes including novel molecular switches and machines, metal-containing rotaxanes, non-equilibrium systems and potential applications.

Graphical abstract: Electrochemically switchable rotaxanes: recent strides in new directions

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
18 8 2019
Accepted
03 10 2019
First published
03 10 2019
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2019,10, 9626-9639

Electrochemically switchable rotaxanes: recent strides in new directions

Hendrik V. Schröder and C. A. Schalley, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 9626 DOI: 10.1039/C9SC04118D

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