“…[16,17,18] Alternatively, energy ratchets that utilize external mechanisms such as charge, light, or strain will change in catalyst state via a pre-determined sequence (i.e., programmable energy ratchets) that provides the additional capability of temporal catalyst control. [3,10,19,20,] Energy ratchets can also be further categorized by whether they promote a reaction (i.e., catalytic ratchet) [1,21,22] or molecular motion (i.e., pumping ratchet or molecular motor). [23,24,25] With the addition of energy input or removal, the ratchet results in preferential change of molecules in a reaction away from equilibrium, as has been observed for many non-catalytic systems [12,26,27,28,29] and catalytic systems.…”