Mechanical properties and peculiarities of molecular crystals

WM Awad, DW Davies, D Kitagawa… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In the last century, molecular crystals functioned predominantly as a means for determining
the molecular structures via X-ray diffraction, albeit as the century came to a close the …

Photoreactive crystals exhibiting [2+ 2] photocycloaddition reaction and dynamic effects

BB Rath, JJ Vittal - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Conducting a reaction in the solid state eliminates the usage of solvents. If such
reactions are conducted in a single-crystal to single-crystal (SCSC) fashion, then structural …

Bioinspired soft robots based on organic polymer-crystal hybrid materials with response to temperature and humidity

X Yang, L Lan, X Pan, Q Di, X Liu, L Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The capability of stimulated response by mechanical deformation to induce motion or
actuation is the foundation of lightweight organic, dynamic materials for designing light and …

Autonomous self-healing organic crystals for nonlinear optics

S Mondal, P Tanari, S Roy, S Bhunia… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Non-centrosymmetric molecular crystals have a plethora of applications, such as
piezoelectric transducers, energy storage and nonlinear optical materials owing to their …

Engineering photomechanical molecular crystals to achieve extraordinary expansion based on solid-state [2+ 2] photocycloaddition

TY Xu, F Tong, H Xu, MQ Wang, H Tian… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photomechanical molecular crystals are promising candidates for photoactuators and can
potentially be implemented as smart materials in various fields. Here, we synthesized a new …

A Broadband, Multiplexed‐Visible‐Light‐Transport in Composite Flexible‐Organic‐Crystal Waveguide

AV Kumar, M Godumala, J Ravi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We report the construction of an organic crystal multiplexer using three chemically and
optically different acicular, flexible organic crystals for a broadband, visible light signal …

Global analysis of the mechanical properties of organic crystals

DP Karothu, J Mahmoud Halabi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Organic crystals, although widely studied, have not been considered nascent candidate
materials in engineering design. Here we summarize the mechanical properties of organic …

Organic radical ferroelectric crystals with martensitic phase transition

N Zhang, W Sun, Y Zhang, HH Jiang, RG Xiong… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Organic martensitic compounds are an emerging type of smart material with intriguing
physical properties including thermosalient effect, ferroelasticity, and shape memory effect …

Remote and precise control over morphology and motion of organic crystals by using magnetic field

X Yang, L Lan, L Li, X Liu, P Naumov… - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Elastic organic crystals are the materials foundation of future lightweight flexible electronic,
optical and sensing devices, yet precise control over their deformation has not been …

Photopolymerization‐Driven Macroscopic Mechanical Motions of a Composite Film Containing a Vinyl Coordination Polymer

ZY Yang, X Sang, D Liu, QY Li, F Lang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We report a unique vinyl coordination polymer (CP),[Zn (4‐Fb) 2 (tkpvb)] n (1, 4‐HFb= 4‐
fluorobenzoic acid, tkpvb= 1, 2, 4, 5‐tetrakis (4‐pyridylvinyl) benzene) that undergoes a rare …