Scientific Program
Abstracts for the talks are gathered in the book of abstracts available for download from this page
1 September 2024
Inspirational Lectures
Chairperson: Alberto Credi
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14:40
Molecular Motions - A Panorama
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15:40
From water splitting research to catenanes, knots and molecular machines
Roundtable
Moderators: Rainer Herges and Alberto Credi
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16:40 - 17:30
Open discussion: the future of molecular machines
2 September 2024
Session 1
Chairperson: Cristian Pezzato
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9:00
Dissipative DNA-based systems
Erica Del Grosso -
9:20
Photo-control of DNA assemblies through time and space
Felix Rizzuto -
9:40
Making and Breaking Photo-Responsive Artificial Molecular Machines
Daisy Pooler -
10:00
Active transport of macrocycles into micelles using artificial molecular pumps
James Seale
Session 2
Chairperson: Giulio Ragazzon
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11:10
Power strokes in molecular motors: Predictive, irrelevant, or somewhere in between?
Emanuele Penocchio -
11:30
Putting catalysis to work
Stefan Borsley -
11:50
Switchable macrocycles and cages
Larissa von Krbek -
12:10
Promising Diazocine Compounds for Hybride Smart Materials
Artjom Businski -
12:20
Novel prototypes of multistable [2]- and [3]rotaxanes
Leonardo Andreoni
SSF Award Lectures
Chairperson: Rainer Herges
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14:00
Mechanochemistry of molecular machines
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15:00
The Rise and Promise of Artificial Molecular Machines in Polymer Chemistry and Materials Science
Session 3
Chairperson: Andreas Vargas Jentzsch
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16:20
An artificial molecular pump operating in water
Guangcheng Wu -
16:40
Information ratcheting information
Benjamin Roberts -
17:00
Repurposing a catalytic cycle for transient self-assembly
Shuntaro Amano -
17:20
Out-of-Equilibrium Mechanical Disruption of 𝜷-Amyloid-Like Fibers using Light-Driven Molecular Motors
Remi Plamont
Session 4
Chairperson: Robert Hein
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17:50
A Molecular Primum Mobile
Lorenzo Casimiro -
18:10
Molecular information ratchets exploiting the asymmetry of functionalized cyclodextrins for autonomous active transport
Enxu Liu -
18:20
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Mechanical Stereochemistry
Peter Gallagher -
18:30
Operation of Artificial Molecular Pumps in Water
Christopher Lee -
18:40
Influence of geometrical photoisomerization in dynamic self-assembly
Marco Ovalle
3 September 2024
Session 5
Chairperson: Zbigniew Pianowski
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9:00
Ultra-Fast Molecular Rotor Dynamics: from isolated to densely packed rotor layers
Charl X. Bezuidenhout -
9:20
Pushing light-driven molecular motors towards perfection
Jinyu Sheng -
9:40
Shining Light on Porous Solids
Wojciech Danowski -
10:00
Triplet-Sensitized Isomerization of Azoswitches
Nikita Durandin
Session 6
Chairperson: Stefano Crespi
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11:10
A Hemithioindigo Molecular Motor Operating by Constitutional Alteration and Hydrogen Bonding
Ani Ozcelik -
11:30
Coupling Rotary Motion to Helicene Inversion within Molecular Motors
Yohan Gisbert -
11:50
Photoluminescence for Molecular Machines and Devices
Ryojun Toyoda -
12:10
Wavelength-steered motion in an autonomous light-driven molecular rotor
Chiara Taticchi -
12:20
Magnetic Levitation Controlled by Light
Mirco Gerdsen
4 September 2024
Session 7
Chairperson: Nadja Simeth
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9:00
Mechanoresponsive Metal-Organic Cages
Bernd Schmidt -
9:40
Tuning Biocolloidal Taxis and Catalysis in Gradient of (Oilgo)nucleotides
Subhabrata Maiti -
10:00
Molecular Motors Driven by Electrons and Protons
Yuanning Feng -
10:20
Design and characterization of complex reaction networks in dynamic mechanically interlocked molecules
Federico Nicoli
Session 8
Chairperson: Stefano Corra
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11:10
Light-driven ratcheted self-assembly of diastereomeric host-guest systems
Iago Neira -
11:30
Modulation of Mechanical and Nanostructural Properties of a pH-Responsive Self-Assembled Hydrogel
Arturo Blanco-Gómez -
11:50
Beyond Acid-Base Reactions: Interfacing Activated Carboxylic Acids with Electrical Circuits
Giorgio Capocasa