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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 Dec 7;51(50):12504-8. doi: 10.1002/anie.201206571. Epub 2012 Oct 18.
Pumping iron: Double-threaded rotaxanes can be linked to coordination units and polymerized in the presence of iron or zinc ions. pH modulation triggers cooperative contractions (or extensions) of the individual rotaxanes, thus resulting in an amplified motion of the muscle-like supramolecular chains with changes of their contour lengths of several micrometers (see picture).
《 pumped iron :双股轮烷可与配位单元相连,并在铁或锌离子存在下聚合。pH 值的调节会触发各个轮烷的协同收缩(或延伸),从而导致类似肌肉的超分子链的运动放大,其轮廓长度发生数微米的变化(见图)。》