This document summarizes Julia Ponce González's PhD thesis on the synthesis, characterization, and electronic transport properties of copper rotaxanes and molecular complexes. The thesis includes the synthesis of copper rotaxanes using terpyridine and phenanthroline ligands. Electrochemically-induced motion studies show shuttling of the macrocycle between stations. Kinetic analysis determines the rate constant for motion is 0.15 s-1. A pirouetting rotaxane using a pyridine bisamine ligand exhibits faster motion, with a rate constant of 620 s-1. Characterization includes 1H NMR, EPR, and cyclic voltammetry measurements.