This series presents critical reviews of the present position and future trends in modern chemical research. It consists of short and concise reports on chemistry, each written by the world's renowned experts, and still valid and useful after 5 or 10 years.

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Single Molecular Rotor at the Nanoscale.- Rotary Motion in Single-Molecule Machines.- Molecular Machines and Motors Based on Transition Metal-Containing Catenanes and Rotaxanes.- Molecular Movements and Translocations Controlled by Transition Metals and Signaled by Light Emission.- Molecular Hysteresis by Linkage Isomerizations Induced by Electrochemical Processes.- Switchable Molecular Devices: From Rotaxanes to Nanoparticles.- Molecular-Level Artificial Machines Based on Photoinduced Electron-Transfer Processes.- Computing at the Molecular Level.- Molecular Memory and Processing Devices in Solution and on Surfaces.