Switchable Intermolecular Communication in a Four??Fold Rotaxane

Y Yamada, M Okamoto, K Furukawa…

Index: Yamada, Yasuyuki; Okamoto, Mitsuhiro; Furukawa, Ko; Kato, Tatsuhisa; Tanaka, Kentaro Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2012 , vol. 51, # 3 p. 709 - 713

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Abstract

In biological systems, precise intermolecular electronic communication occurs in, and is regulated by, proteins and their complexes. For example, light-harvesting complexes have metal ions or metal complexes, such as manganese clusters, and organic cofactors, such as chlorophylls, carotenoids, or ubiquinones, in the “right” spatial arrangement so that electrons and energy can be efficiently transferred.[1, 2] Electronic communication between ...