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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Light-driven rotary molecular motors are among the most promising classes
    of responsive molecular machines and take advantage of their intrinsic chirality
    which governs unidirectional rotation. As a consequence of their dynamic function,
    they receive considerable interest in the areas of supramolecular chemistry, asymmetric
    catalysis and responsive materials. Among the emerging classes of responsive photochromic
    molecules, multistate first-generation molecular motors driven by benign visible
    light remain unexplored, which limits the exploitation of the full potential of
    these mechanical light-powered systems. Herein, we describe a series of all-visible-light-driven
    first-generation molecular motors based on the salicylidene Schiff base functionality.
    Remarkable redshifts up to 100 nm in absorption are achieved compared to conventional
    first-generation motor structures. Taking advantage of all-visible-light-driven
    multistate motor scaffolds, adaptive behaviour is found as well, and potential
    application in multistate photoluminescence is demonstrated. These functional
    visible-light-responsive motors will likely stimulate the design and synthesis
    of more sophisticated nanomachinery with a myriad of future applications in powering
    dynamic systems.
acknowledgement: Financial support from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific
  Research (NWO-CW), the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Gravitation
  program No.024.001.035), the China Scholarship Council (CSC PhD Fellowship No.201808330459
  to J. S.). We thank Dr. Youxin Fu, Dr. Alexander Ryabchun, Dr. Wojciech Danowski,
  Dr. Jianyu Zhang and Yahan Shan from University of Groningen for their help to this
  project and fruitful discussions.
article_number: '6461'
article_processing_charge: Yes
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Sven
  full_name: Van Vliet, Sven
  last_name: Van Vliet
- first_name: Jinyu
  full_name: Sheng, Jinyu
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  last_name: Sheng
- first_name: Charlotte N.
  full_name: Stindt, Charlotte N.
  last_name: Stindt
- first_name: Ben L.
  full_name: Feringa, Ben L.
  last_name: Feringa
citation:
  ama: Van Vliet S, Sheng J, Stindt CN, Feringa BL. All-visible-light-driven salicylidene
    schiff-base-functionalized artificial molecular motors. <i>Nature Communications</i>.
    2024;15. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50587-4">10.1038/s41467-024-50587-4</a>
  apa: Van Vliet, S., Sheng, J., Stindt, C. N., &#38; Feringa, B. L. (2024). All-visible-light-driven
    salicylidene schiff-base-functionalized artificial molecular motors. <i>Nature
    Communications</i>. Springer Nature. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50587-4">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50587-4</a>
  chicago: Van Vliet, Sven, Jinyu Sheng, Charlotte N. Stindt, and Ben L. Feringa.
    “All-Visible-Light-Driven Salicylidene Schiff-Base-Functionalized Artificial Molecular
    Motors.” <i>Nature Communications</i>. Springer Nature, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50587-4">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50587-4</a>.
  ieee: S. Van Vliet, J. Sheng, C. N. Stindt, and B. L. Feringa, “All-visible-light-driven
    salicylidene schiff-base-functionalized artificial molecular motors,” <i>Nature
    Communications</i>, vol. 15. Springer Nature, 2024.
  ista: Van Vliet S, Sheng J, Stindt CN, Feringa BL. 2024. All-visible-light-driven
    salicylidene schiff-base-functionalized artificial molecular motors. Nature Communications.
    15, 6461.
  mla: Van Vliet, Sven, et al. “All-Visible-Light-Driven Salicylidene Schiff-Base-Functionalized
    Artificial Molecular Motors.” <i>Nature Communications</i>, vol. 15, 6461, Springer
    Nature, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50587-4">10.1038/s41467-024-50587-4</a>.
  short: S. Van Vliet, J. Sheng, C.N. Stindt, B.L. Feringa, Nature Communications
    15 (2024).
das_tickbox: '1'
dataavailabilitystatement: Data that support the findings of this study are available
  within the Supplementary Information. All data are available from the corresponding
  author upon request. The XYZ coordinates of the DFT-optimized structures are available
  as source data. Source data are provided with this paper.
date_created: 2024-08-11T22:01:11Z
date_published: 2024-07-31T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-09-17T10:46:04Z
day: '31'
ddc:
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department:
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doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-50587-4
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title: All-visible-light-driven salicylidene schiff-base-functionalized artificial
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