Mechanics with Molecules

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Documents, reports (10)

Exploitation and use plan

Report on cooperative effects on self-assembled layers driving a solid-state nano-gear

Report on cooperative effects on selfassembled layers driving a solidstate nanogear

Dissemination and Academy-Industry day report and planning, 2nd period

10 mm to 1 mm and 1 mm to 10 µm nodes assessed

Report on 1st molecule-car race

Report on the implementation of different axle strategies

Dissemination and Academy-Industry day report and planning, 1st period

Dissemination and Academy-Industry day report, 3rd period

Dissemination and AcademyIndustry day report 3rd period

Report on 2nd molecule-car race

Report on 2nd moleculecar race

Report on the transmission of motion between molecule-gears and a solid state nano-gear

Report on the transmission of motion between moleculegears and a solid state nanogear

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Project website and logo

Other (1)

"2 vol. Springer series ""Advances in Atom and single molecule machines"""

2 vol Springer series Advances in Atom and single molecule machines

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (41)

Ruthenium complexes of sterically-hindered pentaphenylcyclopentadienyl ligands

Author(s): R. Asato, C.J. Martin, Y. Gisbert, S. Abid, T. Kawai, C. Kammerer, G. Rapenne
Published in: RSC Advances, 2022, Issue 20, 2021, ISSN 2046-2069
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d1ra03875c

Desymmetrised pentaporphyrinic gears mounted on metallo-organic anchors

Author(s): S. Abid, Y. Gisbert, M. Kojima, N. Saffon-Merceron, J. Cuny, C. Kammerer, G. Rapenne
Published in: Chemical Science, 2021, ISSN 2041-6539
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d0sc06379g

STM induced manipulation of azulene-based molecules and nanostructures: the role of the dipole moment

Author(s): T. Kühne, Kwan H. Au-Yeung, Frank Eisenhut, O. Aiboudi, D. A. Ryndyk, G. Cuniberti, F. Lissel, F. Moresco
Published in: Nanoscale, 2020,12, 2020, Page(s) 24471-24476, ISSN 2040-3372
Publisher: The Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d0nr06809h

A Nanographene Disk Rotating a single Molecule Gear on a Cu(111) surface

Author(s): H.H. Lin, A. Croy, R. Gutierrez, C. Joachim, and G. Cuniberti
Published in: Nanotechnology, 33, 175701, 2022, ISSN 1361-6528
Publisher: IOP Science
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac4b4b

Mechanics of molecule-gears with six long teeth

Author(s): W.-H. Soe, M. Kleinwachter, C. Kammerer, G. Rapenne, C. Joachim
Published in: Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124, 22625-22630, 2020, ISSN 1932-7447
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c08194

Control of long-distance motion of single molecules on a surface.

Author(s): Donato Civita; Marek Kolmer; Grant J. Simpson; An-Ping Li; Stefan Hecht; Stefan Hecht; Stefan Hecht; Leonhard Grill
Published in: Sience, 1, 2020, Page(s) 957-960, ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.abd0696

Transmitting Stepwise Rotation among Three Molecule-Gear on the Au(111) Surface.

Author(s): Kwan Ho Au Yeung; Tim Kühne; Frank Eisenhut; Michael Kleinwächter; Yohan Gisbert; Roberto Robles; Nicolás Lorente; Nicolás Lorente; Gianaurelio Cuniberti; Christian Joachim; Gwénaël Rapenne; Gwénaël Rapenne; Claire Kammerer; Francesca Moresco
Published in: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 1, 2020, Page(s) 15208–15213, ISSN 1948-7185
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01747

On-Surface Formation of Cyano-Vinylene Linked Chains by Knoevenagel Condensation

Author(s): K. H. Au-Yeung, T. Kühne, D. Becker, M. Richter, D. A. Ryndyk, G. Cuniberti, T. Heine, X. Feng, F. Moresco
Published in: Chemistry. A European Journal, Vol 27, Issue 69, 2021, Page(s) 17336-17340, ISSN 0947-6539
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103094

Local heat generated by a focused He + ion beam

Author(s): M. Sakukai, S. Nagano and C. Joachim
Published in: Nanotechnology, 31, 345708, 2020, ISSN 1361-6528
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab91f3

Electronic decoupling of polyacenes from the underlying metal substrate by sp3 carbon atoms

Author(s): Mohammed, M.S.G., Colazzo, L., Robles, R. et al.
Published in: Communications Physics, 2020, ISSN 2399-3650
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s42005-020-00425-y

A Single Molecule Full Digital Adder

Author(s): W.H. Soe, P. de Mendoza, A.M. Echavarren, C.Joachim
Published in: J. Phys. Chem. Lett, 12, 8528–8532, 2021, ISSN 1948-7185
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02449

Power discontinuity and shift of the energy onset of a molecular de-bromination reaction induced by hot-electron tunneling

Author(s): Ana Barragán; Ana Barragán; Ana Barragán; Roberto Robles; Nicolás Lorente; Nicolás Lorente; Lucia Vitali
Published in: Nanoscale, 1, 2021, Page(s) 15215-15219, ISSN 2040-3372
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d1nr04229g

A molecular rotor functionalized with a photoresponsive brake

Author(s): R. Asato, C.J. Martin, S. Abid, Y. Gisbert, F. Asanoma, T. Nakashima, C. Kammerer, T. Kawai, G. Rapenne
Published in: Inorg. Chem., 60, 3492-3501, 2021, ISSN 0020-1669
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03330

A dipolar nanocar based on a porphyrin backbone

Author(s): T. Nishino, C.J. Martin, H. Takeuchi, F. Lim, K. Yasuhara, Y. Gisbert, S. Abid, N. Saffon-Merceron, C. Kammerer, G. Rapenne
Published in: Chemistry A European Journal, 26, 12010-12018, 2020, ISSN 1521-3765
Publisher: European Chemical Societies
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202001999

The Emergence of Multiple Coordination Numbers in Gold–Cyanoarene Complexes: A Study of the On-Surface Coordination Mechanism

Author(s): W. Nakanishi, A. Nakata, P. Perez, M. Takeuchi, C. Joachim; K. Sagisaka
Published in: J. Phys. Chem. C. 2021, 125, 9937–9946, 2021, ISSN 2399-3669
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c02456

Doublet-Singlet-Doublet Transition in a Single Organic Molecule Magnet On-Surface Constructed with up to 3 Aluminum Atoms

Author(s): W-H. Soe, R. Robles, P. de Mendoza, A.M. Echavarren, N. Lorente, C. Joachim
Published in: Nano Letters, 2021, ISSN 1530-6984
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02881

Time-dependent framework for energy and charge currents in nanoscale systems

Author(s): Thomas Lehmann, Alexander Croy, Rafael Gutiérrez, Gianaurelio Cuniberti
Published in: Chemical Physics, 514, 2018, Page(s) 176-182, ISSN 0301-0104
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2018.01.011

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, 57/46, 2018, Page(s) 15034-15039, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201806536

Surface manipulation of a curved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-based nano-vehicle molecule equipped with triptycene wheels

Author(s): W-H Soe, C Durand, O Guillermet, S Gauthier, H-P Jacquot de Rouville, S Srivastava, C Kammerer, G Rapenne, C Joachim
Published in: Nanotechnology, 29/49, 2018, Page(s) 495401, ISSN 0957-4484
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aae0d9

Expedient Synthesis of Thioether-Functionalized Hydrotris(indazolyl)borate as an Anchoring Platform for Rotary Molecular Machines

Author(s): Guillaume Erbland, Yohan Gisbert, Gwénaël Rapenne, Claire Kammerer
Published in: European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018/34, 2018, Page(s) 4731-4739, ISSN 1434-193X
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201800990

Mechanical Transmission of Rotational Motion between Molecular-Scale Gears

Author(s): H.-H. Lin, A. Croy, R. Gutierrez, C. Joachim, G. Cuniberti
Published in: Physical Review Applied, 13/3, 2020, ISSN 2331-7019
Publisher: Phys. Rev. Applied
DOI: 10.1103/physrevapplied.13.034024

Train of Single Molecule-Gears

Author(s): We-Hyo Soe, Saurabh Srivastava, Christian Joachim
Published in: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 10/21, 2019, Page(s) 6462-6467, ISSN 1948-7185
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02259

How to control single-molecule rotation

Author(s): Grant J. Simpson, Víctor García-López, A. Daniel Boese, James M. Tour, Leonhard Grill
Published in: Nature Communications, 10/1, 2019, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12605-8

Dodecacene Generated on Surface: Reopening of the Energy Gap

Author(s): Frank Eisenhut, Tim Kühne, Fátima García, Saleta Fernández, Enrique Guitián, Dolores Pérez, Georges Trinquier, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Christian Joachim, Diego Peña, Francesca Moresco
Published in: ACS Nano, 14/1, 2020, Page(s) 1011-1017, ISSN 1936-0851
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b08456

Atomic-scale spin sensing with a single molecule at the apex of a scanning tunneling microscope

Author(s): B. Verlhac, N. Bachellier, L. Garnier, M. Ormaza, P. Abufager, R. Robles, M.-L. Bocquet, M. Ternes, N. Lorente, L. Limot
Published in: Science, 366/6465, 2019, Page(s) 623-627, ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.aax8222

Star‐Shaped Ruthenium Complexes as Prototypes of Molecular Gears

Author(s): Guillaume Erbland, Seifallah Abid, Yohan Gisbert, Nathalie Saffon‐Merceron, Yuichiro Hashimoto, Leonardo Andreoni, Théo Guérin, Claire Kammerer, Gwénaël Rapenne
Published in: Chemistry – A European Journal, 25/71, 2019, Page(s) 16328-16339, ISSN 0947-6539
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903615

Modular synthesis of pentaarylcyclopentadienyl Ru-based molecular machines via sequential Pd-catalysed cross couplings

Author(s): Yohan Gisbert, Seifallah Abid, Gaëlle Bertrand, Nathalie Saffon-Merceron, Claire Kammerer, Gwénaël Rapenne
Published in: Chemical Communications, 55/97, 2019, Page(s) 14689-14692, ISSN 1359-7345
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc08384g

Directionality in van der Waals Interactions: The Case of 4-Acetylbiphenyl Adsorbed on Au(111)

Author(s): Vladimír Zobač, Roberto Robles, Nicolás Lorente
Published in: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124/8, 2020, Page(s) 4545-4551, ISSN 1932-7447
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b09599

Biomimetic and Technomimetic Single Molecular Machines

Author(s): Claire Kammerer, Guillaume Erbland, Yohan Gisbert, Toshio Nishino, Kazuma Yasuhara, Gwénaël Rapenne
Published in: Chemistry Letters, 48/4, 2019, Page(s) 299-308, ISSN 0366-7022
Publisher: Chemical Society of Japan/Nippon Kagakukai
DOI: 10.1246/cl.181019

On-Surface Atom-by-Atom-Assembled Aluminum Binuclear Tetrabenzophenazine Organometallic Magnetic Complex

Author(s): We-Hyo Soe, Carlos Manzano, Roberto Robles, Nicolas Lorente, Christian Joachim
Published in: Nano Letters, 20/1, 2019, Page(s) 384-388, ISSN 1530-6984
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04040

Inducing the controlled rotation of single o-MeO-DMBI molecules anchored on Au(111)

Author(s): Frank Eisenhut, Jörg Meyer, Justus Krüger, Robin Ohmann, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Francesca Moresco
Published in: Surface Science, 678, 2018, Page(s) 177-182, ISSN 0039-6028
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2018.05.003

On-surface synthesis of nitrogen-doped nanographenes with 5–7 membered rings

Author(s): Dmitry Skidin, Frank Eisenhut, Marcus Richter, Seddigheh Nikipar, Justus Krüger, Dmitry A. Ryndyk, Reinhard Berger, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Xinliang Feng, Francesca Moresco
Published in: Chemical Communications, 55/32, 2019, Page(s) 4731-4734, ISSN 1359-7345
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc00276f

Current-induced rotations of molecular gears

Author(s): H H Lin, A Croy, R Gutierrez, C Joachim, G Cuniberti
Published in: Journal of Physics Communications, 3/2, 2019, Page(s) 025011, ISSN 2399-6528
Publisher: IOP Science
DOI: 10.1088/2399-6528/ab0731

Molecular approach for engineering interfacial interactions in magnetic/topological insulator heterostructures

Author(s): M.G. Cuxart, M.A. Valbuena, R. Robles, C. Moreno, F. Bonell, G. Sauthier, I. Imaz, H. Xu, C. Nistor, P. Gargiani, M. Valvidares, D. Maspoch, P. Gambardella
Published in: ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 5, 2020, Page(s) 6285–6294, ISSN 1936-0851
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c02498

Molecular gears from solution to surfaces

Author(s): Y. Gisbert, S. Abid, C. Kammerer, G. Rapenne
Published in: Chemistry A European Journal, 27, 12019-12031, 2021, ISSN 1521-3765
Publisher: European Chemical Societies
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101489

Divergent synthesis of molecular winch prototypes

Author(s): Y. Gisbert, C. Kammerer, G. Rapenne
Published in: Chemistry A European Journal, 27, 16242-16249, 2021, ISSN 1521-3765
Publisher: European Chemical Societies
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103126

Inducing Open-Shell Character in Porphyrins through Surface-Assisted Phenalenyl π-Extension

Author(s): Q. Sun, L.M. Mateo, R. Robles, P. Ruffieux, N. Lorente, G. Bottari, T. Torres, R. Fasel
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c07781

Photophysical properties of 1,2,3,4,5-pentaphenylcyclopentadienyl hydrotris(indazolyl) borate ruthenium(II) complexes

Author(s): S. Gao, Y. Gisbert, G. Erbland, S. Abid, C. Kammerer, A. Venturini, G. Rapenne, B. Ventura, N. Armaroli
Published in: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2021, ISSN 1463-9084
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02261j

One-way rotation of a chemically anchored single molecule-rotor

Author(s): F. Eisenhut, T. Kühne, J. Monsalve, S. Srivastava, D. A. Ryndyk, G. Cuniberti, O. Aiboudi, F. Lissel, V. Zobac, R. Robles, N. Lorente, C. Joachim and F. Moresco
Published in: Nanoscale, 2021,13, 2021, Page(s) 16077-16083, ISSN 2040-3372
Publisher: The Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d1nr04583k

Superconducting Scanning Tunneling Microscope Tip to Reveal Sub-millielectronvolt Magnetic Energy Variations on Surfaces

Author(s): C. Mier, B. Verlhac, L. Garnier, R. Robles, L. Limot, N. Lorente, D-J. Choi
Published in: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2021, Page(s) 2983–2989, ISSN 1948-7185
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00328

4-acetylbiphenyl on Au (111): on-surface supramolecular chemistry

Author(s): Robles, Roberto; Zobač, Vladimír; Au Yeung , Kwan Ho; Moresco, Francesca; Joachim, Christian; Lorente, Nicolás
Published in: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020, 2, 2020, ISSN 1463-9076
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d0cp01657h

Book chapters (12)

Fabricating Solid State Gears at the Nanoscale: A Top–Down Approach

Author(s): Mailly, D., Faini, G.
Published in: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics . Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines., 2020, Page(s) 41–63, ISBN 978-3-030-56777-4
Publisher: Springer, Cham
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_4

Prototypes of Molecular Gears with an Organometallic Piano-Stool Architecture

Author(s): Abid, S., Erbland, G., Kammerer, C., Rapenne, G.
Published in: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics . Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines., 2020, ISBN 978-3-030-56777-4
Publisher: Springer, Cham
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_5

From the Pascaline to a 5-Digits Metallic and Planar Miniature Mechanical Calculator 1 cm in Lateral Size

Author(s): Abheillou, P., Gatti, B., Froissard, K., Joachim, N., Joachim, C.
Published in: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics . Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines., 2020, Page(s) 9–20, ISBN 978-3-030-56777-4
Publisher: Springer, Cham
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_2

A Simple Example of a Molecule-Gear Train: PF3 Molecules on a Cu(111) Surface

Author(s): Srivastava, S., Soe, WH., Joachim, C.
Published in: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics . Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines., 2020, Page(s) 143–163, ISBN 978-3-030-56777-4
Publisher: Springer, Cham
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_10

Design and Synthesis of a Nano-winch

Author(s): Y. Gisbert, A.M. Sirven, G. Rapenne, C. Kammerer
Published in: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics . Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines., 2020, Page(s) 81–98, ISBN 978-3-030-56777-4
Publisher: Springer, Cham
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_6

Mechanical transmission of rotation for molecule gears and solid-state gears

Author(s): Huang-Hsiang Lin; Jonathan Heinze; Alexander Croy; Rafael Gutierrez; Gianaurelio Cuniberti
Published in: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics. Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines., 2020, Page(s) 165 - 180, ISBN 978-3-030-56777-4
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_11

Design and synthesis of a nano-winch

Author(s): Y. Gisbert, A.M. Sirven, G. Rapenne, C. Kammerer
Published in: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics. Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines., 2020, ISBN 978-3-030-56777-4
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_6

From the Anthycytera Astronomical Clock to Single Molecule Scale Machinery

Author(s): Joachim, C.
Published in: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics . Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines., 2020, Page(s) 1–7, ISBN 978-3-030-56777-4
Publisher: Springer, Cham
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_1

Anchoring Molecular Rotors by On-Surface Synthesis

Author(s): Au Yeung, K.H., Kühne, T., Eisenhut, F., Moresco, F.
Published in: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics. Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines., 2020, Page(s) 117–130, ISBN 978-3-030-56777-4
Publisher: Springer, Cham
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_8

Prototypes of Molecular Gears with an Organometallic Piano-Stool Architecture

Author(s): S. Abid, G. Erbland, C. Kammerer, G. Rapenne
Published in: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics. Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines., 2020, ISBN 978-3-030-56777-4
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_5

Photo-Microlithography Fabrication of the Parts of a Micro-Mechanical Calculator

Author(s): Bourgerette, C., Noé, L., Pinaud, S., Joachim, C.
Published in: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics . Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines., 2020, Page(s) 21–39, ISBN 978-3-030-56777-4
Publisher: Springer, Cham
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_3

Book coverBuilding and Probing Small for Mechanics pp 131–141Cite asTransmission of Rotational Motion Between Molecule-Gears

Author(s): Soe, WH., Srivastava, S., Joachim, C.
Published in: Building and Probing Small for Mechanics . Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines., 2020, Page(s) 131–141, ISBN 978-3-030-56777-4
Publisher: Springer, Cham
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56777-4_9