Visualization and Control of the Rotation of Double-Decker Complexes Aiming at Molecular Machines

本研究的目的是通过直接“看到”固定在表面上的旋转运动来揭示双层复合物的运动。当我们使用与一个二茂铁基取代基没有旋转对称的双层配合物时，得到了分子旋转的明确证据。通过计算改变取向的分子数量，我们第一次成功地获得了表面上的比率。

The purpose of this study was to reveal the movement of double-decker complexes by directly "seeing" the rotational motion immobilized on surfaces. Unequivocal evidence of molecular rotation was obtained when we used a double-decker complex which has no rotational symmetry with one ferrocenyl substituent. By counting the number of molecules that have changed the orientation, we succeeded in obtaining the rates of ration on a surface for the first time.