From a Meccano set to nano meccano

J. Fraser Stoddart

doi:10.1351/pac200577071089

From a Meccano set to nano meccano

J. Fraser Stoddart^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The hurly-burly life of a scientific nomad is traced through thick and thin from the Athens of the North to the City of Angels with brief and not so brief interludes on the edge of the Canadian Shield, in the Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire, on the Plains of Cheshire beside the Wirral, and in the Midlands in the heartland of Albion.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1089-1106
Number of pages	18
Journal	Pure and Applied Chemistry
Volume	77
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200577071089
State	Published - Jul 1 2005

Keywords

Catenanes
Mechanical bond
Molecular electronics
Molecular machines
Molecular recognition
Noncovalent interactions
Rotaxanes
Self-assembly
Supramolecular chemistry
Template-directed synthesis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Chemistry(all)
Chemical Engineering(all)

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Stoddart, J. F. (2005). From a Meccano set to nano meccano. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 77(7), 1089-1106. https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200577071089

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