| Affiliation: | (1) Center of Photochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ul. Novatorov, 7A, Moscow, 119421, Russian Federation;(2) Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospekt Akademika Semenova, 1, Chernogolovka, 142432 Moskovskaya Obl., Russian Federation;(3) N. S. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospekt Leninskii, 31, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation |
| Abstract: | A universal approach to the molecular design of light-sensitive nanodimensional systems with specific characteristics was developed on the basis of unsaturated and macrocyclic compounds. It was possible to construct various nanodimensional systems within the scope of a single class of compound using a limited number of components. The use of photostructural transformations to control complex formation and mechanical movements in molecular devices and machines is discussed. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i éksperimental’naya Khimiya, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 1–7, January-February, 2009. |
