… We also establish a general model for the mechanical effects in molecular crystals. The
proposed approach offers means to describe and to explain mechanical and photomechanical …

… Molecular crystals that can change their macroscopic shape under applied mechanical …
The conventional mechanical properties of molecular crystals were previously considered to be …

… molecular crystals were as rich as the diversity of molecules themselves. In this century, the
mechanical properties of molecular crystals … of weakly bound molecules to internal frustration …

… Mechanically responsive molecular crystals that exhibit macroscopic motions such as
bending, twisting, and locomotion by light and heat have been studied intensively over the past …

… Dual mechanical properties of dimorphic forms 1a and 1b … crystal packing and linked to the
differences in the molecular … The ability of molecular crystals to exhibit different mechanical …

… actuation in azobenzene crystals as an exemplary chemical class of dynamic molecular
crystals. This work may guide the quantification of responsive molecular crystals' actuation …

… other applied areas where crystal engineering has a reach. The research groups working
on mechanical properties or mechanically responsive molecular crystals are spread out across …

… Generally, the application of external stimuli builds a strain in the crystal, and relaxation of
… mechanical responses. These stimuli-responsive molecular crystals displaying mechanical …

… Mechanically responsive molecular crystals are increasingly … Closely packed molecular
crystals are able to demonstrate … With the help of a crystal engineering approach, structural …

… Mechanically reconfigurable molecular crystals—ordered materials that can adapt to
variable operating and environmental conditions by deformation, whereby they attain motility or …