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 …

Next‐generation organic photonics: the emergence of flexible crystal optical waveguides

M Annadhasan, S Basak… - Advanced Optical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Organic crystals possessing both flexibility and light‐guiding properties are attractive
candidates for spatial control of the light output for next‐generation technological …

The rise of the dynamic crystals

P Naumov, DP Karothu, E Ahmed… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
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 …

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 …

 Collective photothermal bending of flexible organic crystals modified with MXene-polymer multilayers as optical waveguide arrays

X Yang, L Lan, L Li, J Yu, X Liu, Y Tao, QH Yang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The performance of any engineering material is naturally limited by its structure, and while
each material suffers from one or multiple shortcomings when considered for a particular …

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 …

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 …

Mechanophotonics–a guide to integrating microcrystals toward monolithic and hybrid all-organic photonic circuits

R Chandrasekar - Chemical Communications, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular crystals are emerging as a non-silicon alternative for the construction of all-
organic photonic integrated circuits (OPICs). The advent of flexible molecular crystals and …

Mechanically reconfigurable organic photonic integrated circuits made from two electronically different flexible microcrystals

J Ravi, M Annadhasan, AV Kumar… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fabrication of microscale organic photonic integrated circuits (μ‐OPIC) from two
electronically different flexible crystals via a mechanophotonics approach is demonstrated …

Hybrid elastic organic crystals that respond to aerial humidity

L Lan, X Yang, B Tang, X Yu, X Liu, L Li… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Reshaping of elongated organic crystals that can be used as semiconductors, waveguides
or soft robotic grippers by application of force or light is now a commonplace, however …