Issue 3, 2015

Ion-mediated conformational switches

Abstract

Molecular switches are ubiquitous in Nature and provide the basis of many forms of transport and signalling. Single synthetic molecules that change conformation, and thus function, reversibly in a stimulus-dependent manner are of great interest not only to chemists but society in general; myriad applications exist in storage, display, sensing and medicine. Here we describe recent developments in the area of ion-mediated switching.

Graphical abstract: Ion-mediated conformational switches

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
14 Nov 2014
Accepted
19 Nov 2014
First published
21 Nov 2014
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Chem. Sci., 2015,6, 1630-1639

Ion-mediated conformational switches

P. C. Knipe, S. Thompson and A. D. Hamilton, Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 1630 DOI: 10.1039/C4SC03525A

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