A molecular component that produces MECHANICAL output in response to specific stimuli (input).

• MOLECULAR MODEL

• MOLECULAR PROTOTYPE

• MOLECULAR MACHINE

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

Molecules that are capable of directional rotary motion around a single or double bond.

• MOLECULAR MOTORS

• MOLECULAR PROTOTYPES

• MOLECULAR SEMANTICS

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

molecule that can propel fluids when rotated

• MOLECULAR SWITCHES

• ROTAXANES

• CATENANES

• MOLECULAR PROPELLERS

A molecule that can be reversibly shifted between two or more stable states

• MOLECULAR MOTORS

• MOLECULAR SWITCHES

• MOLECULAR MACHINES

• MOLECULAR ROTORS

a molecule capable of shuttling molecules or ions from one location to another.

• MOLECULAR SHUTTLE

• ROTAXANE

• CATENANE

• MOLECULAR MOTOR

compounds which are able to switch between electronic configurations when irradiated by light of a specific wavelength

• LIGHT MOLECULAR SWITCHES

• PHOTO CHROMIC MOLECULAR SWITCHES

• BOTH A& B

• NONE

EXAMPLES OF MECHANICALLY-INTERLOCKED MOLECULAR SWITCHES

• catenanes

• Rotaxanes

• Molecular Knots

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

mechanically interlocked molecular architecture consisting of a "dumbbell shaped molecule" which is threaded through a "macrocycle".

• CATENANE

• ROTAXANE

• BOTH A& B

• NONE OF THE ABOVE

The method in which first a so called pseudorotaxane is formed by threading the thread through the macrocycle

• CAPPING

• SLIPPING

• SNAPPING

• CLIPPING

templated reaction involves a metal ion that positions two parts of the thread with bulky groups inside the macrocycle

• Active metal templated reaction

• CLIPPING

• SLIPPING

• SNAPPING