Fig. 2: Schematic representation of the reaction path for the first half of LDRM working cycle starting from an EP configuration.
From: Towards the engineering of a photon-only two-stroke rotary molecular motor
A Classic unidirectional EP \(\mathop{\to }\limits^{h\nu }\) ZM \(\mathop{\to }\limits^{{T}^{\circ }}\) ZP half-cycle with the possibility of loss of EP \(\mathop{\to }\limits^{h\nu }\) ZP directionality. The labels marking the system potential limitations (see text) are given in purple. B Target unidirectional, efficient, and ultrafast EP \(\mathop{\to }\limits^{h\nu }\) ZP half-cycle. The acronyms EP, ZP, etc. stand for the structures with a specific helicity (P or M) in a specific configuration (Z or E). CI stands for conical intersection. The gray dots represent the initial structures, the red dots represent the productive trajectories, and the blue dots the unproductive trajectories.
