Light effected autonomous molecular pumps: Towards active transporters and actuating materials

Project Information

LEAPS

Grant agreement ID: 692981

DOI 10.3030/692981

Project closed

EC signature date 31 May 2016

Start date 1 October 2016

End date 31 March 2023

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 2 362 950,00

EU contribution € 2 362 950,00

Coordinated by

ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
Italy

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (32)

Photoactivated Artificial Molecular Motors

Author(s): Stefano Corra, Massimiliano Curcio, Alberto Credi
Published in: JACS Au, Issue 3, 2023, Page(s) in press, ISSN 2691-3704
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00089

Selective access to constitutionally identical, orientationally isomeric calix[6]arene-based [3]rotaxanes by an active template approach

Author(s): Margherita Bazzoni, Leonardo Andreoni, Serena Silvi, Alberto Credi, Gianpiero Cera, Andrea Secchi, Arturo Arduini
Published in: Chemical Science, Issue 12/18, 2021, Page(s) 6419-6428, ISSN 2041-6520
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d1sc00279a

Second-Generation Light-Fueled Supramolecular Pump

Author(s): Martina Canton, Jessica Groppi, Lorenzo Casimiro, Stefano Corra, Massimo Baroncini, Serena Silvi, Alberto Credi
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Issue 143/29, 2021, Page(s) 10890-10894, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c06027

New Geometries for Calix[6]arene-Based Rotaxanes

Author(s): Margherita Bazzoni, Valeria Zanichelli, Lorenzo Casimiro, Chiara Massera, Alberto Credi, Andrea Secchi, Serena Silvi, Arturo Arduini
Published in: European Journal of Organic Chemistry, Issue 2019/21, 2019, Page(s) 3513-3524, ISSN 1434-193X
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201900211

Chemically Induced Mismatch of Rings and Stations in [3]Rotaxanes

Author(s): Massimiliano Curcio, Federico Nicoli, Erica Paltrinieri, Ettore Fois, Gloria Tabacchi, Luigi Cavallo, Serena Silvi, Massimo Baroncini, Alberto Credi
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Issue 143/21, 2021, Page(s) 8046-8055, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c02230

Photochemical Energy Conversion with Artificial Molecular Machines

Author(s): Leonardo Andreoni, Massimo Baroncini, Jessica Groppi, Serena Silvi, Chiara Taticchi, Alberto Credi
Published in: ACS Energy & Fuels, Issue 35/23, 2021, Page(s) 18900-18914, ISSN 0887-0624
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c02921

Direct synthetic routes to functionalised crown ethers

Author(s): Federico Nicoli, Massimo Baroncini, Serena Silvi, Jessica Groppi, Alberto Credi
Published in: Organic Chemistry Frontiers, Issue 8/19, 2021, Page(s) 5531–5549, ISSN 2052-4129
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d1qo00699a

Photoinduced Autonomous Nonequilibrium Operation of a Molecular Shuttle by Combined Isomerization and Proton Transfer Through a Catalytic Pathway

Author(s): Federico Nicoli, Massimiliano Curcio, Marina Tranfić Bakić, Erica Paltrinieri, Serena Silvi, Massimo Baroncini, Alberto Credi
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Issue 144/23, 2022, Page(s) 10180–10185, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c13537

Improving Fatigue Resistance of Dihydropyrene by Encapsulation within a Coordination Cage

Author(s): Martina Canton, Angela B. Grommet, Luca Pesce, Julius Gemen, Shiming Li, Yael Diskin-Posner, Alberto Credi, Giovanni M. Pavan, Joakim Andréasson, Rafal Klajn
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Issue 142/34, 2020, Page(s) 14557-14565, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c06146

Heteroditopic Calix[6]arene Based Intervowen and Interlocked Molecular Devices

Author(s): Gianpiero Cera, Arturo Arduini, Andrea Secchi, Alberto Credi, Serena Silvi
Published in: The Chemical Record, Issue 21/5, 2021, Page(s) 1161-1181, ISSN 1527-8999
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202100012

Precision Molecular Threading/Dethreading

Author(s): Jessica Groppi, Lorenzo Casimiro, Martina Canton, Stefano Corra, Mina Jafari‐Nasab, Gloria Tabacchi, Luigi Cavallo, Massimo Baroncini, Serena Silvi, Ettore Fois, Alberto Credi
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 59/35, 2020, Page(s) 14825-14834, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202003064

Artificial Supramolecular Pumps Powered by Light

Author(s): Stefano Corra, Lorenzo Casimiro, Massimo Baroncini, Jessica Groppi, Marcello La Rosa, Marina Tranfić Bakić, Serena Silvi, Alberto Credi
Published in: Chemistry – A European Journal, Issue 27/43, 2021, Page(s) 11076-11083, ISSN 0947-6539
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101163

Stereodynamics of E/Z isomerization in rotaxanes through mechanical shuttling and covalent bond rotation

Author(s): Stefano Corra, Christiaan de Vet, Massimo Baroncini, Alberto Credi, Serena Silvi
Published in: Chem, Issue 7/8, 2021, Page(s) 2137-2150, ISSN 2451-9294
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2021.04.010

Kinetic and energetic insights into the dissipative non-equilibrium operation of an autonomous light-powered supramolecular pump

Author(s): Stefano Corra, Marina Tranfić Bakić, Jessica Groppi, Massimo Baroncini, Serena Silvi, Emanuele Penocchio, Massimiliano Esposito, Alberto Credi
Published in: Nature Nanotechnology, Issue 17, 2022, Page(s) 746-751, ISSN 1748-3387
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41565-022-01151-y

Making and Operating Molecular Machines: A Multidisciplinary Challenge

Author(s): Massimo Baroncini, Lorenzo Casimiro, Christiaan de Vet, Jessica Groppi, Serena Silvi, Alberto Credi
Published in: ChemistryOpen, Issue 7/2, 2018, Page(s) 169-179, ISSN 2191-1363
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
DOI: 10.1002/open.201700181

Remote electrochemical modulation of pK a in a rotaxane by co-conformational allostery

Author(s): Giulio Ragazzon, Christian Schäfer, Paola Franchi, Serena Silvi, Benoit Colasson, Marco Lucarini, Alberto Credi
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 115/38, 2018, Page(s) 201712783, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1712783115

Designed Long-Lived Emission from CdSe Quantum Dots through Reversible Electronic Energy Transfer with a Surface-Bound Chromophore

Author(s): Marcello La Rosa, Sergey A. Denisov, Gediminas Jonusauskas, Nathan D. McClenaghan, Alberto Credi
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 57/12, 2018, Page(s) 3104-3107, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201712403

Plugging a Bipyridinium Axle into Multichromophoric Calix[6]arene Wheels Bearing Naphthyl Units at Different Rims

Author(s): Guido Orlandini, Giulio Ragazzon, Valeria Zanichelli, Lorenzo Degli Esposti, Massimo Baroncini, Serena Silvi, Margherita Venturi, Alberto Credi, Andrea Secchi, Arturo Arduini
Published in: ChemistryOpen, Issue 6/1, 2017, Page(s) 64-72, ISSN 2191-1363
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
DOI: 10.1002/open.201600128

Electrochemically Triggered Co-Conformational Switching in a [2]catenane Comprising a Non-Symmetric Calix[6]arene Wheel and a Two-Station Oriented Macrocycle

Author(s): Valeria Zanichelli, Luca Dallacasagrande, Arturo Arduini, Andrea Secchi, Giulio Ragazzon, Serena Silvi, Alberto Credi
Published in: Molecules, Issue 23/5, 2018, Page(s) 1156, ISSN 1420-3049
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/molecules23051156

Photochemical investigation of cyanoazobenzene derivatives as components of artificial supramolecular pumps

Author(s): Lorenzo Casimiro, Jessica Groppi, Massimo Baroncini, Marcello La Rosa, Alberto Credi, Serena Silvi
Published in: Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, Issue 17/6, 2018, Page(s) 734-740, ISSN 1474-905X
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/c8pp00062j

Solution and Solid-State Emission Toggling of a Photochromic Hydrazone

Author(s): Baihao Shao, Massimo Baroncini, Hai Qian, Laura Bussotti, Mariangela Di Donato, Alberto Credi, Ivan Aprahamian
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Issue 140/39, 2018, Page(s) 12323-12327, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b07108

Photoactive Molecular-Based Devices, Machines and Materials: Recent Advances

Author(s): Massimo Baroncini, Martina Canton, Lorenzo Casimiro, Stefano Corra, Jessica Groppi, Marcello La Rosa, Serena Silvi, Alberto Credi
Published in: European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Issue 2018/42, 2018, Page(s) 4587-4587, ISSN 1434-1948
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201801310

A Molecular Cable Car for Transmembrane Ion Transport

Author(s): Alberto Credi
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 58/13, 2019, Page(s) 4108-4110, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201814333

Reversible Photoswitching and Isomer-Dependent Diffusion of Single Azobenzene Tetramers on a Metal Surface

Author(s): Christophe Nacci, Massimo Baroncini, Alberto Credi, Leonhard Grill
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 57/46, 2018, Page(s) 15034-15039, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201806536

Light‐Responsive (Supra)Molecular Architectures: Recent Advances

Author(s): Massimo Baroncini, Jessica Groppi, Stefano Corra, Serena Silvi, Alberto Credi
Published in: Advanced Optical Materials, Issue 7/16, 2019, Page(s) 1900392, ISSN 2195-1071
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
DOI: 10.1002/adom.201900392

Chemical On/Off Switching of Mechanically Planar Chirality and Chiral Anion Recognition in a [2]Rotaxane Molecular Shuttle

Author(s): Stefano Corra, Christiaan de Vet, Jessica Groppi, Marcello La Rosa, Serena Silvi, Massimo Baroncini, Alberto Credi
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Issue 141/23, 2019, Page(s) 9129-9133, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b00941

Ultrafast processes triggered by one- and two-photon excitation of a photochromic and luminescent hydrazone

Author(s): Alessandro Iagatti, Baihao Shao, Alberto Credi, Barbara Ventura, Ivan Aprahamian, Mariangela Di Donato
Published in: Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, Issue 15, 2019, Page(s) 2438-2446, ISSN 1860-5397
Publisher: Beilstein-Institut
DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.15.236

Threading-gated photochromism in [2]pseudorotaxanes

Author(s): Giorgio Baggi, Lorenzo Casimiro, Massimo Baroncini, Serena Silvi, Alberto Credi, Stephen J. Loeb
Published in: Chemical Science, Issue 10/19, 2019, Page(s) 5104-5113, ISSN 2041-6520
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/C9SC00913B

Photo- and Redox-Driven Artificial Molecular Motors

Author(s): Massimo Baroncini, Serena Silvi, Alberto Credi
Published in: Chemical Reviews, 2019, ISSN 0009-2665
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00291

Individual-Molecule Perspective Analysis of Chemical Reaction Networks: The Case of a Light-Driven Supramolecular Pump

Author(s): Andrea Sabatino, Emanuele Penocchio, Giulio Ragazzon, Alberto Credi, Diego Frezzato
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 58/40, 2019, Page(s) 14341-14348, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201908026

Autonomous Non-Equilibrium Self-Assembly and Molecular Movements Powered by Electrical Energy

Author(s): Giulio Ragazzon, Marco Malferrari, Arturo Arduini, Andrea Secchi, Stefania Rapino, Serena Silvi, Alberto Credi
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 62/5, 2023, Page(s) 1-8, ISSN 1521-3773
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202214265

Semiconductor Quantum Dots as Components of Photoactive Supramolecular Architectures

Author(s): Marcello La Rosa, Emily H. Payne, Alberto Credi
Published in: ChemistryOpen, Issue 9/2, 2020, Page(s) 200-213, ISSN 2191-1363
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
DOI: 10.1002/open.201900336

Monographic books (1)

Molecular machines

Author(s): Alberto Credi, Vincenzo Balzani
Published in: 2020, Page(s) 1-85, ISBN 9788869235597
Publisher: 1088Press
DOI: 10.12878/1088pressbit2020_1