A molecular-sized tunnel-porous crystal with a ratchet gear structure and its one-way guest-molecule transportation property?

Nanoscale Pub Date: 2012-06-01 DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30880K

Abstract

An anisotropic tunnel microporous crystal was prepared. Active transportation of anthracene as a guest molecule in the anisotropic tunnels was observed. The direction of anthracene movement implies that the anisotropic tunnel did not work as a flap-check valve. The direction of the movement was consistent with that caused by a Brownian ratchet.

Graphical abstract: A molecular-sized tunnel-porous crystal with a ratchet gear structure and its one-way guest-molecule transportation property
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