Method for generating supramolecular rotary devices and supramolecular rotary switch

A method for generating a porous network of supra-molecular devices, comprising the following method steps:

• providing self-organizing molecules formed with connecting bonds and side-groups;
• generating a two-dimensional layer of the molecules on an unstructured surface, wherein the molecules self-organize and self-organizing leads to an at least partially regular network of cells, with each cell including a plurality of the self-organizing molecules and each cell defining a functional center;
• and
• further depositing a predefined amount of molecules on the two-dimensional layer, wherein the further-deposited molecules locate in the functional centers of the cells, one or more of the further-deposited molecules per cell, and wherein the further-deposited molecule together with the cell hosting the further-deposited molecule form a multi-stable architecture.

A porous network of supra-molecular devices, comprising:

• a two-dimensional layer of self-organizing molecules having connecting bonds and side-groups disposed on an unstructured surface;
• said molecules being self-organized in an at least partially regular network of cells each having a plurality of said self-organizing molecules and each offering a functional center;
• and
• a predefined amount of functional guest molecules deposited on said two-dimensional layer and accommodated in said functional centers of said cells, with one or more of said guest molecules per cell;
• said further-deposited guest molecule defining a multi-stable architecture together with a respective said cell hosting said further-deposited guest molecule.