Technical Name Mechanically Interlocked Daisy Chain-Like Structures as Multidimensional Molecular Muscles
Project Operator Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Unversity
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We developed artificial molecular muscles that—unlike one-dimensional biological muscles—contractstretch in twothree dimensions.  These systems have the structures of [c3]-[c4]daisy chains (DCs) with subcomponents that operate as molecular switches, powered through the addition/removal of Zn2+ ions to impart the muscle-like behavior.  The switching phenomena of our [c3]-[c4]DCs 
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