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Molecular machines, Nonequilibrium chemistry, Supramolecular chemstry, Systems chemistry

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University of Padua: Padua, IT

2022-12 to present (Department of Chemical Sciences)
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Benjamin M. W. Roberts

University of Manchester: Manchester, GB

2022-04 to 2022-12 | Postdoctoral Research Associate (Chemistry)
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Benjamin M. W. Roberts

Works (13)

Chiral catalysis-driven rotary molecular motors

2025-03-14 | Preprint
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-jjt70
Contributors: Hua-Kui Liu; Benjamin M. W. Roberts; Stefan Borsley; Ralph W. Adams; George F. S. Whitehead; Avantika Hasija; David A. Leigh
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Structural Influence of the Chemical Fueling System on a Catalysis-Driven Rotary Molecular Motor

Journal of the American Chemical Society
2025-03-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c00028
Contributors: Hua-Kui Liu; Toufic W. Mrad; Axel Troncossi; Stefan Borsley; Benjamin M. W. Roberts; Alexander Betts; David A. Leigh
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Molecular Ratchets and Kinetic Asymmetry: Giving Chemistry Direction

Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2024-06-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202400495
Contributors: Stefan Borsley; David A. Leigh; Benjamin M. W. Roberts
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A Minimalistic Covalent Bond‐Forming Chemical Reaction Cycle that Consumes Adenosine Diphosphate

Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2024-05-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202402965
Contributors: Tommaso Marchetti; Benjamin M. W. Roberts; Diego Frezzato; Leonard J. Prins
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Ratcheting synthesis

Nature Reviews Chemistry
2023-12-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41570-023-00558-y
Contributors: Stefan Borsley; James M. Gallagher; David A. Leigh; Benjamin M. W. Roberts
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Conformational selection accelerates catalysis by an organocatalytic molecular motor

Chem
2023-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2023.10.019
Part of ISSN: 2451-9294
Contributors: James M. Gallagher; Benjamin M.W. Roberts; Stefan Borsley; David Leigh
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Benjamin M. W. Roberts

The role of kinetic asymmetry and power strokes in an information ratchet

Chem
2023-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2023.05.035
Part of ISSN: 2451-9294
Contributors: Lorna Binks; Stefan Borsley; Todd R. Gingrich; David Leigh; Emanuele Penocchio; Benjamin M.W. Roberts
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Using Catalysis to Drive Chemistry Away from Equilibrium: Relating Kinetic Asymmetry, Power Strokes, and the Curtin–Hammett Principle in Brownian Ratchets

Journal of the American Chemical Society
2022-11-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c08723
Contributors: Shuntaro Amano; Massimiliano Esposito; Elisabeth Kreidt; David A. Leigh; Emanuele Penocchio; Benjamin M. W. Roberts
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Tuning the Force, Speed, and Efficiency of an Autonomous Chemically Fueled Information Ratchet

Journal of the American Chemical Society
2022-09-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c07633
Contributors: Stefan Borsley; David A. Leigh; Benjamin M. W. Roberts; Iñigo J. Vitorica-Yrezabal
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Chemical fuels for molecular machinery

Nature Chemistry
2022-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41557-022-00970-9
Contributors: Stefan Borsley; David A. Leigh; Benjamin M. W. Roberts
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Insights from an information thermodynamics analysis of a synthetic molecular motor

Nature Chemistry
2022-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41557-022-00899-z
Contributors: Shuntaro Amano; Massimiliano Esposito; Elisabeth Kreidt; David A. Leigh; Emanuele Penocchio; Benjamin M. W. Roberts
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Autonomous fuelled directional rotation about a covalent single bond

Nature
2022-04-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04450-5
Contributors: Stefan Borsley; Elisabeth Kreidt; David A. Leigh; Benjamin M. W. Roberts
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A Doubly Kinetically-Gated Information Ratchet Autonomously Driven by Carbodiimide Hydration

Journal of the American Chemical Society
2021-03-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c01172
Part of ISSN: 0002-7863
Part of ISSN: 1520-5126
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Benjamin M. W. Roberts

Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

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