Volume 52, Issue 48 pp. 12602-12605
Communication

Modulating the Rotation of a Molecular Rotor through Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions between the Rotator and Stator

Qian-Chong Zhang

Qian-Chong Zhang

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and the Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)

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Fang-Ting Wu

Fang-Ting Wu

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and the Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)

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Hui-Min Hao

Hui-Min Hao

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and the Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)

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Hang Xu

Hang Xu

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and the Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)

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Hai-Xia Zhao

Corresponding Author

Hai-Xia Zhao

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and the Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)

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Prof. Dr. La-Sheng Long

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. La-Sheng Long

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and the Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)

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Prof. Rong-Bin Huang

Prof. Rong-Bin Huang

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and the Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)

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Prof. Dr. Lan-Sun Zheng

Prof. Dr. Lan-Sun Zheng

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and the Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)

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First published: 02 October 2013
Citations: 42

This work was supported by the 973 project from MSTC (grant number 2012CB821704) and The NNSFC (grant numbers 20825103, 90922031, 21001089, and 21021061).

Graphical Abstract

Two molecular rotors were synthesized (see picture). An investigation of the rotator rotation based on the imaginary parts of the complex dielectric constant (ε′′) for each molecular rotor at various frequencies and temperatures revealed that the rotation of the mono-component molecular rotor could be modulated through hydrogen-bonding interactions between the rotator and the stator.

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