IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/natcom/v13y2022i1d10.1038_s41467-022-33695-x.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Towards the engineering of a photon-only two-stroke rotary molecular motor

Author

Listed:
  • Michael Filatov(Gulak)

    (Kyungpook National University)

  • Marco Paolino

    (Università di Siena)

  • Robin Pierron

    (Université de Strasbourg, CNRS UMR 7504)

  • Andrea Cappelli

    (Università di Siena)

  • Gianluca Giorgi

    (Università di Siena)

  • Jérémie Léonard

    (Université de Strasbourg, CNRS UMR 7504)

  • Miquel Huix-Rotllant

    (Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS)

  • Nicolas Ferré

    (Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS)

  • Xuchun Yang

    (Bowling Green State University)

  • Danil Kaliakin

    (Bowling Green State University)

  • Alejandro Blanco-González

    (Bowling Green State University)

  • Massimo Olivucci

    (Università di Siena
    Bowling Green State University)

Abstract

The rational engineering of photoresponsive materials, e.g., light-driven molecular motors, is a challenging task. Here, we use structure-related design rules to prepare a prototype molecular rotary motor capable of completing an entire revolution using, exclusively, the sequential absorption of two photons; i.e., a photon-only two-stroke motor. The mechanism of rotation is then characterised using a combination of non-adiabatic dynamics simulations and transient absorption spectroscopy measurements. The results show that the rotor moiety rotates axially relative to the stator and produces, within a few picoseconds at ambient T, an intermediate with the same helicity as the starting structure. We discuss how such properties, that include a 0.25 quantum efficiency, can help overcome the operational limitations of the classical overcrowded alkene designs.

Suggested Citation

  • Michael Filatov(Gulak) & Marco Paolino & Robin Pierron & Andrea Cappelli & Gianluca Giorgi & Jérémie Léonard & Miquel Huix-Rotllant & Nicolas Ferré & Xuchun Yang & Danil Kaliakin & Alejandro Blanco-Go, 2022. "Towards the engineering of a photon-only two-stroke rotary molecular motor," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-33695-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33695-x
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33695-x
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/s41467-022-33695-x?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Nagatoshi Koumura & Robert W. J. Zijlstra & Richard A. van Delden & Nobuyuki Harada & Ben L. Feringa, 1999. "Light-driven monodirectional molecular rotor," Nature, Nature, vol. 401(6749), pages 152-155, September.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Umberto Raucci & Hayley Weir & Christoph Bannwarth & David M. Sanchez & Todd J. Martínez, 2022. "Chiral photochemistry of achiral molecules," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-7, December.
    2. Tomoki Nakajima & Shohei Tashiro & Masahiro Ehara & Mitsuhiko Shionoya, 2023. "Selective synthesis of tightly- and loosely-twisted metallomacrocycle isomers towards precise control of helicity inversion motion," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.
    3. Palas Roy & Wesley R. Browne & Ben L. Feringa & Stephen R. Meech, 2023. "Ultrafast motion in a third generation photomolecular motor," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.
    4. Jie Wang & Jun Gu & Jia-Yu Zou & Meng-Jie Zhang & Rui Shen & Zhiwen Ye & Ping-Xun Xu & Ying He, 2024. "Photocatalytic Z/E isomerization unlocking the stereodivergent construction of axially chiral alkene frameworks," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-8, December.
    5. Ryojun Toyoda & Nong V. Hoang & Kiana Gholamjani Moghaddam & Stefano Crespi & Daisy R. S. Pooler & Shirin Faraji & Maxim S. Pshenichnikov & Ben L. Feringa, 2022. "Synergistic interplay between photoisomerization and photoluminescence in a light-driven rotary molecular motor," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
    6. L. Pfeifer & S. Crespi & P. Meulen & J. Kemmink & R. M. Scheek & M. F. Hilbers & W. J. Buma & B. L. Feringa, 2022. "Controlling forward and backward rotary molecular motion on demand," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-33695-x. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.