Mechanically Interlocked Molecules (MIMs)—Molecular Shuttles, Switches, and Machines (Nobel Lecture)

Chemistry welcomes a new bond: The mechanical bond has endowed molecules with component parts whose movements can be controlled and monitored. In his Nobel Lecture, J. F. Stoddart describes how being able to template the formation of mechanically interlocked molecules has led to the design and synthesis of shuttles, switches, and machines at the nanoscale. One of the to the of The of the the of In and of the to the formation of the of the to and Chemistry the to can be to the of the the The the to and the The and a of to the of the bond the mechanical the of The of the to the bond with with the of the of the mechanical bond and a bond the of mechanical component a mechanical bond can be component parts be the…