García-López, VíctorJeffet, JonathanKuwahara, ShunsukeMartí, Angel A.Ebenstein, YuvalTour, James M.2016-06-062016-06-062016García-López, Víctor, Jeffet, Jonathan, Kuwahara, Shunsuke, et al.. "Synthesis and Photostability of Unimolecular Submersible Nanomachines: Toward Single-Molecule Tracking in Solution." <i>Organic Letters,</i> 18, no. 10 (2016) American Chemical Society: 2343-2346. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.6b00506.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/90445The synthesis and photophysical properties of a series of photostable unimolecular submersible nanomachines (USNs) are reported as a first step toward the analysis of their trajectories in solution. The USNs have a light-driven rotatory motor for propulsion in solution and photostable cy5-COT fluorophores for their tracking. These cy5-COT fluorophores are found to provide an almost 2-fold increase in photostability compared to the previous USN versions and do not affect the rotation of the motor.engThis is an open access article published under an ACS AuthorChoice License, which permits copying and redistribution of the article or any adaptations for non-commercial purposes.Journal articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.6b00506