Perylene molecule penetrating in a zeolite channel

Supporting movie for the article "One-Dimensional Self-Assembly of Perylene-Diimide Dyes by Unidirectional Transit of Zeolite Channel Openings" published in:<i><strong>Chem. Commun.</strong></i>, 2016<strong>DOI: </strong>10.1039/C6CC05303C<br>The movie features a dye molecule (perylene-diimide, cyan) passing through the narrow channel opening of a porous material (zeolite L, grey). The motions of the molecule and of the porous host are cooperative, and allow the entrance and encapsulation of the dye. The interactions of the carbonyl oxygens of the dye (red) with the zeolite potassium cations (purple) play a key role in the process.<br>Popular summary of this article: https://goo.gl/T5bSL4Blog post on this paper: see the 3rd link below