Jing Chen, Peilin Gu, Guangliu Ran, Yu Zhang, Mingqiang Li, Bin Chen, Hui Lu, Ying-Zi Han, Wenkai Zhang, Zichao Tang, Qinglong Yan, Rui Sun, Xiaobin Fu, Guorui Chen, Zhiwen Shi, Shiyong Wang, Xiaoguo Liu, Jiang Li, Lihua Wang, Ying Zhu, Jianlei Shen, Ben Zhong Tang, Chunhai Fan
Interfacing molecular machines to inorganic nanoparticles can, in principle, lead to hybrid nanomachines with extended functions. Here we demonstrate a ligand engineering approach to develop atomically precise hybrid nanomachines by interfacing gold nanoclusters with tetraphenylethylene molecular rotors. When gold nanoclusters are irradiated with near-infrared light, the rotation of surface-decorated tetraphenylethylene moieties actively dissipates the absorbed energy to sustain the photothermal nanomachine with an intact structure and steady efficiency...
February 2024: Nature Materials