To improve the efficiency of molecular motors, a better understanding of the dynamics of their functional motions is required. Now, ultrafast fluorescence spectroscopy has been used to monitor the excited-state evolution of a light-driven molecular motor.
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Miller, R. Molecular motor speed limits. Nature Chem 4, 523–525 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1393
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