Functional characterization and design of molecular gyroscopes by first-principles molecular dynamics simulations

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We have synthesized novel molecular gyroscopes such as those with a phenylene rotator (benzene ring)encased in three long siloxaalkane spokes. We reproduced their X. ray structures and the internal rotational dynamics theoretically by using density-functional based tight-binding methods combined with molecular dynamics.