Deng Chao Han Jun Teng Mingyu Zhao Deyang Wang Leyong. Design, Synthesis, and Assembly of Gyroscope-like Molecules[J]. Progress in Chemistry, 2010, 22(06): 1021-1034.
Molecular Gyroscopes that can perform a rotor function are experiencing increasing attention, particularly in the field of mechanical molecular devices. Scientists design and synthesize several types of molecular gyroscopes which consist of a rotator with a spinning axis and a stator framework, where a rotator is encased and protected by a stator with a frictionless environment recently. It is anticipated that rotators with electric dipole moments can rotate unidirectionally under the influence of electric, magnetic, and optical stimuli. A brief history of molecular turestiles, molecular gyroscopes, supramolecular gyroscopes, and their applications is followed by a summary of properties which can characterized by X-ray diffraction, variable-temperature NMR, theoretical and computational chemistry, and thermal analyses and so on.
Contents
1 Molecular gyroscopes in 20th century
2 Molecular gyroscopes in 21th century
2.1 Garcia-Garibay’s gyroscopes work
2.2 Gladysz’s gyroscopes work
2.3 Another gyroscopes work
2.4 Supramolecular Gyroscopes
3 Conclusions and Outlook