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The interaction of appropriate metal ions (Pb(II), Zn(II)) with helical ligand strands, obtained by hydrazone polycondensation, generates polymetallic supramolecular architectures of rack and grid types, by uncoiling of the ligand. The interconversion between the helical free ligand and the linearly extended ligand in the complexes produces reversible ion-induced, nanomechanical molecular motions of large amplitude. It has been integrated in an acid-base neutralisation fuelled process, which links the extension/contraction of the ligand strands to alternating changes in pH.
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