Addressing control over molecular machines resulting in variable output modulation by mimicking nature mechanisms is a current hot topic. The exploitation of reversibility in thiol/disulfide motifs in chemical systems flanked by nonplanar corannulene moieties capable to recognize fullerenes is presented herein. Two redox-based machines have been conceived for this purpose: an ON/OFF switch that activates its binding properties upon dimerization and a self-resetting (i.e., with an automated backward process) host that substantially modulates its affinity.

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用于富勒烯识别的自复位双稳态氧化还原分子机器

通过模仿自然机制来解决对分子机器的控制导致可变输出调制是当前的热门话题。本文介绍了利用能够识别富勒烯的非平面corannulene部分两侧的化学系统中硫醇/二硫化物基序的可逆性。为此目的，已经设想了两种基于氧化还原的机器：一个在二聚化时激活其结合特性的开/关开关和一个基本上调节其亲和力的自复位（即，具有自动反向过程）主机。