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Catenation of inorganic nanostructures

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Inspired by catenane chemistry, mechanically interlocked plasmonic nanostructures are synthesized in a bottom-up approach. The nanocatenanes exhibit mechanical helical chirality and, when combined with a thermoresponsive polymer, can actuate mechanical motion.

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Fig. 1: Synthetic strategy for fabricating gold nanocatenanes.

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This is a summary of: Yoonhee, K. & Nam, J.-M. Mechanically interlocked gold nanocatenanes. Nat. Synth. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-022-00116-2 (2022).

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Catenation of inorganic nanostructures. Nat. Synth 1, 590–591 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-022-00120-6

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