1. Influencing intramolecular motion with an alternating electric field.
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Bermudez, Veronica, Capron, Nathalie, Gase, Torsten, Gatti, Francesco G., Kajzar, Francois, Leigh, David A., Zerbetto, Francesco, and Zhang, Songwei
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ROTAXANES , *ALTERNATING currents , *DOUBLE refraction , *CYCLIC compounds , *SCIENTIFIC experimentation - Abstract
Presents a study which shows that modest alternating-current electric fields can be used to monitor and influence the relative motion within certain rotaxanes, molecules comprised of a ring that rotates around a linear thread. Observation of birefringence at frequencies which correspond to the molecule's motion; Experimental confirmation that mechanical motion within the rotaxanes can be addressed and to some extent controlled by oscillating electric fields.
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- 2000
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