Ben Roberts
@benjaminoacid.bsky.social
Chemistry, molecular machines and other nonequilibrium stuff. Postdoc in the Prins group at UniPD. Overly enthusiastic about tea. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2820-8359
My guess is that it was Kelly's work from the late 90s, doi.org/10.1002/anie... We've come a long way in understanding how molecular ratchets can work since then (just not as perpetual motion machines)
In Search of Molecular Ratchets
Triptycylhelicenes 1 and 2 were examined as molecular rachets (see picture) in which the triptycene serves as the rachet wheel (a) and the helicenes as pawl (b) and spring (c). The ease of rotation o...
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September 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
My guess is that it was Kelly's work from the late 90s, doi.org/10.1002/anie... We've come a long way in understanding how molecular ratchets can work since then (just not as perpetual motion machines)
Huakui and Axel designed, made, and tested a new molecular motor to do this, or as Dave puts it
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'Ullo @jacs.acspublications.org, Hua-Kui, Axel, @benjaminoacid.bsky.social & @stefanborsley.bsky.social have gotta new motor! doi.org/10.1021/jacs...
August 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Huakui and Axel designed, made, and tested a new molecular motor to do this, or as Dave puts it
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This has been my main work during my post doc with @leonardprins.bsky.social based on experiments by Erica Del Grosso and Francesco Ricci and with theoretical support from @epenocchio.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This has been my main work during my post doc with @leonardprins.bsky.social based on experiments by Erica Del Grosso and Francesco Ricci and with theoretical support from @epenocchio.bsky.social
Wow, it really is 5 years already isn't it?
February 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Wow, it really is 5 years already isn't it?
The position will be funded starting this summer by the CataLight consortium (www.catalight.uni-jena.de) relating photocatalysis with nonequilibrium systems chemistry and will involve organic and physical organic chemistry and soft matter aspects.
February 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The position will be funded starting this summer by the CataLight consortium (www.catalight.uni-jena.de) relating photocatalysis with nonequilibrium systems chemistry and will involve organic and physical organic chemistry and soft matter aspects.