NER: Design and Synthesis of Light-Driven Molecular Motors

该奖项由化学学部实验物理化学项目资助。科罗拉多大学的Matthew A. Glaser、Meredith D. Betterton、Noel A. Clark、Joseph E. Maclennan和David M. Walba及其研究生将设计并合成光驱动分子马达。这项工作将以特定的小分子布朗棘轮为基础。要采用的特定系统将是沉积在表征良好的低对称性衬底上的光致分子。这些系统类似于生物运动系统。工作，光驱动分子马达的潜在影响是显著的。它们可能会在纳米级转子、航天飞机和开关、人造肌肉系统、手性分离和检测系统以及基于棘轮的力显微镜中得到应用。参与该项目的学生将获得在跨学科环境中从事潜在高影响力项目的经验。

In this award, funded by the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division, Profs. Matthew A. Glaser, Meredith D. Betterton, Noel A. Clark, Joseph E. Maclennan and David M. Walba of the University of Colorado and their graduate research students will design and synthesize light-driven molecular motors. The work will be based upon specific small-molecule versions of Brownian ratchets. The specific systems to be employed will be photolabile molecules deposited on well-characterized, low-symmetry substrates. These systems are analogous to biological motor systems.The potential impact of working, light-driven molecular motors is significant. They might find use in nanoscale rotors, shuttles and switches, artificial muscle systems, chiral separation and detection systems, and ratchet-based force microscopies. The students working on this project will gain experience working on a potentially high-impact project in an intensely interdisciplinary environment.