Recent advances on molecular crystalline luminescent materials for optical waveguides

S Wu, B Zhou, D Yan - Advanced Optical Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Molecule‐based fluorescent materials with optical waveguides (MFOWs) have attracted
great research interest in the optoelectronic and photonic fields due to their unique …

Is a bent crystal still a single crystal?

P Commins, DP Karothu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The mention of the word “crystal” invokes images of minerals, gems, and rocks, all of which
are inevitably solid, hard, and durable entities with well‐defined smooth faces and straight …

Mechanophotonics: Flexible single‐crystal organic waveguides and circuits

M Annadhasan, AR Agrawal, S Bhunia… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We present the one‐dimensional optical‐waveguiding crystal dithieno [3, 2‐a: 2′, 3′‐c]
phenazine with a high aspect ratio, high mechanical flexibility, and selective self …

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 …

Micromanipulation of mechanically compliant organic single‐crystal optical microwaveguides

M Annadhasan, DP Karothu, R Chinnasamy… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible organic single crystals are evolving as new materials for optical waveguides that
can be used for transfer of information in organic optoelectronic microcircuits. Integration in …

A Flexible Organic Single Crystal with Plastic‐Twisting and Elastic‐Bending Capabilities and Polarization‐Rotation Function

H Liu, Z Lu, B Tang, C Qu, Z Zhang… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible organic single crystals capable of plastic or elastic deformations have a variety of
potential applications. Although the integration of plasticity and elasticity in a crystal is …

Mechanical effects of elastic crystals driven by natural sunlight and force

J Peng, C Han, X Zhang, J Jia, J Bai… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible crystals that can capture solar energy and convert it into mechanical energy are
promising for a wide range of applications such as information storage and actuators, but …

Optical waveguiding organic single crystals exhibiting physical and chemical bending features

Z Lu, Y Zhang, H Liu, K Ye, W Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bendable (elastic and plastic) organic single crystals have been widely studied as emerging
flexible materials with highly ordered packing structures. However, even though manifold …

Integrating Low‐Temperature‐Resistant Two‐Dimensional Elastic‐Bending and Reconfigurable Plastic‐Twisting Deformations into an Organic Crystal

S Tang, K Ye, H Zhang - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Integrating plasticity and elasticity in anisotropic molecular crystals is theoretically possible
and is beneficial in enabling rich and complex deformations; however, it is much harder to …

Elastic Organic Crystals as Bioinspired Hair‐Like Sensors

S Yousuf, J Mahmoud Halabi, I Tahir… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
One of the typical haptic elements are natural hairy structures that animals and plants rely on
for feedback. Although these hair sensors are an admirable inspiration, the development of …