Magnetic Molecular Grippers

What is it about?

This work reports an investigation of miniaturized molecular machines, namely molecular grippers, which can expand and contract in response to external stimuli, and reversibly encapsulate smaller molecules. The focus of this publication are molecular grippers with magnetic properties that can be controlled by voltage or light and act as elements of multi-state switches.

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Why is it important?

The importance of this work is related to the ongoing miniaturization of technology that aims at the molecular scale, where functional molecular systems such as grippers can become integrated elements of electronic circuitry as switches, sensors, or logic gates, with increased capacity and the ability to fine tune the performance at the molecular level.

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