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2. Hirose, K.; Shiba, Y.; Ishibashi, K.; Doi, Y.; Tobe, Y. A Shuttling Molecular Machine with Reversible Brake Function. Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 3427–3433.

3. Lei, S.; Tahara, K.; De Schryver, F. C.; Van der Auweraer, M.; Tobe, Y.; De Feyter, S. One Building Block, Two Different Supramolecular Surface-Confined Patterns: Concentration Control at the Solid-Liquid Interface. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 2964–2968.

4. Tahara, K.; Lei, S.; Mamdouh, W.; Yamaguchi, Y.; Ichikawa, T.; Uji-i, H.; Sonoda, M.; Hirose, K.; De Schryver, F. C.; De Feyter, S.; Tobe, Y. Site-Selective Guest Inclusion in Molecular Networks of Butadiyne-Bridged Pyridino and Benzo Square Macorcycles on a Surface. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 6666–6667.

5. Lei, S.; Tahara, K.; Feng, X.; Furukawa, S.; De Schryver, F. C.; Müllen, K.; Tobe, Y.; De Feyter, S. Molecular Clusters in Two-Dimensional Surface-Confined Nanoporous Molecular Networks: Structure Rigidity and Dynamics. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 7119–7129.

6. Tahara, K.; Lei, S.; Mössinger, D.; Kozuma, S.; Inukai, K.; De Schryver, F. C.; Höger, S.; Tobe, Y.; De Feyer, S. Giant Molecular Wheels in Giant Voids; Two-Dimensional Molecular Self-Assembly Goes Big. Chem. Commun. 2008, 3897–3899.

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10. Hirose, K.; Ishibashi, K.; Shiba, Y.; Doi, Y.; Tobe, Y. Highly Effective and Reversible Control of the Rocking Rates of Rotaxanes by Changes to the Size of Stimulus-Responsive Ring Components. Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 5803–5811

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