"Rotaxanes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Complex compounds in which a dumbbell shaped molecule is encircled by a macrocycle. They are named after rota (wheel) and axis (axle). Notation with a prefix is used to indicate the number of interlocked components. They have potential use in NANOTECHNOLOGY. Rotaxanes have been made with CYCLODEXTRINS and CYCLIC ETHERS.
| Descriptor ID |
D043862
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.825
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