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

Roundtable

Moderators: Rainer Herges and Alberto Credi

  • 16:40 - 17:30

    Open discussion: the future of molecular machines

2 September 2024

Session 1

Chairperson: Cristian Pezzato

  • 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

  • 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

  • 14:00

    Mechanochemistry of molecular machines

  • 15:00

    The Rise and Promise of Artificial Molecular Machines in Polymer Chemistry and Materials Science

Session 3

Chairperson: Andreas Vargas Jentzsch

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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