Crystal engineering of pharmaceutical cocrystals in the discovery and development of improved drugs

G Bolla, B Sarma, AK Nangia - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The subject of crystal engineering started in the 1970s with the study of topochemical
reactions in the solid state. A broad chemical definition of crystal engineering was published …

Indentation of glasses

T Rouxel, J Jang, U Ramamurty - Progress in Materials Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Indentation, owing to its ability to induce permanent deformation in a controlled manner
even in highly brittle materials that are otherwise not amenable to critical mechanical testing …

Ultrahard bulk amorphous carbon from collapsed fullerene

Y Shang, Z Liu, J Dong, M Yao, Z Yang, Q Li, C Zhai… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Amorphous materials inherit short-and medium-range order from the corresponding crystal
and thus preserve some of its properties while still exhibiting novel properties,. Due to its …

Self-assembly-driven nanomechanics in porous covalent organic framework thin films

K Dey, S Bhunia, HS Sasmal, CM Reddy… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nanomechanics signifies a key tool to interpret the macroscopic mechanical properties of a
porous solid in the context of molecular-level structure. However, establishing such a …

Designing Elastic Organic Crystals: Highly Flexible Polyhalogenated N‐Benzylideneanilines

S Ghosh, MK Mishra, SB Kadambi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The intermolecular interactions and structural features in crystals of seven halogenated N‐
benzylideneanilines (Schiff bases), all of which exhibit remarkable flexibility, were examined …

The landscape of mechanical properties of molecular crystals

C Wang, CC Sun - CrystEngComm, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
An analysis of compiled literature nanoindentation hardness (Hc) and elastic modulus (E)
values of molecular crystals revealed a wide range of mechanical properties (0.001–1.80 …

Elastic molecular crystals: From serendipity to design to applications

S Ghosh, MK Mishra - Crystal Growth & Design, 2021 - ACS Publications
The mechanical adaptiveness of long-range ordered molecular crystals has long been
ignored due to their brittle nature, unlike polymers and flexible biomaterials. However, the …

Elastic properties related energy conversions of coordination polymers and metal–organic frameworks

K Li, Y Qin, ZG Li, TM Guo, LC An, W Li, N Li… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Coordination polymers and metal–organic frameworks are now at the forefront of materials
science due to their abundant structural variability and facile functional tunability …

Dual nanomechanics in anisotropic porous covalent organic framework janus-type thin films

S Mohata, K Dey, S Bhunia, N Thomas… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Empowered by crystalline ordered structures and homogeneous fabrication techniques,
covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have been realized with uniform morphologies and …

Investigation of microstructure and mechanical properties of microwave consolidated TiMgSr alloy prepared by high energy ball milling

NB Pradeep, MMR Hegde, S Rajendrachari… - Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The nanostructured TiMgSr (at.% 70: 10: 20) was synthesized by ball milling
process followed by cold compaction and microwave sintering. XRD results after 30 h milling …