The anticipated shift in the focal point of interest of solid-state chemists, crystal engineers,
and crystallographers from structure to properties to function parallels the need to apply our …

The development of molecular materials whose physical properties can be controlled by
external stimuli—such as light, electric field, temperature, and pressure—has recently …

Transformation of energy into motion (work) is one of the basic processes of energy
conversion in nature. The processes of actuation underlying the transduction of light …

Crystal adaptronics is an emergent materials science discipline at the intersection of solid‐
state chemistry and mechanical engineering that explores the dynamic nature of …

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 …

Plastic crystals (PCs), formed by certain types of molecules or ions with reorientational
freedom, offer both exceptional mechanical plasticity and long range order, hence they are …

Complex molecular machinery may be envisioned as densely packed, multicomponent, self-
assemblying systems built with high structural precision to control the dynamics of one or …

Dynamic molecular crystals are thought to be an emerging functional material with
enormous tunability in physicochemical properties. Here, a smart crystal, 6‐Chloronicotinic …

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

Crystalline molecular machines represent an exciting new branch of crystal engineering and
materials science with important implications to nanotechnology. Crystalline molecular …