Actuation Performance and Versatility of Photothermally Driven Organic Crystals

S Hasebe, Y Hagiwara, T Asahi… - Angewandte …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Photomechanical crystals exhibit mechanical motion upon light irradiation and may thus find
applications as actuators. Over the last decades, many photomechanical organic crystals …

Roles of Molecular Volume, Surface Area, Heteroatoms, and Hydrogen Bonds on the Thermal Expansion of Organic Crystals

BK Saha, RVP Veluthaparambath - Crystal Growth & Design, 2024 - ACS Publications
71 Organic systems have been analyzed to understand the relationship of volumetric
molecular thermal expansion (TEM) or volumetric thermal expansion coefficient (αv) with the …

Dynamic organic crystals as exceptionally efficient artificial natural light-harvesting actuators

J Zhu, W Wu, H Qi, Y Yao, H Yu, X Huang, N Wang… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Dynamic organic crystal materials that can directly convert solar energy into mechanical
work hold the potential to be efficient artificial actuators. However, developing dynamic …

Multifunctional single-component organic molecular materials: ferroelectricity, negative thermal expansion, and polymorphism

S Dutta, L Negi, P Munshi - Materials Advances, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic materials with multifunctional properties, such as ferroelectricity, negative thermal
expansion, and the phenomenon of polymorphism, have gained enormous interest from …