The discovery of molecular single crystals that display interesting elastic behaviour has
generated excitement regarding their potential applications as it has upended the common …

Organic crystals, possessing both flexibility and stimuli-responsive properties, are attractive
candidates as smart materials, namely sensors, actuators, optoelectronic devices …

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 …

Optically transmissive materials are indispensable for the transmission of light or light-
encoded signals in telecommunications and optobiomedical techniques. Here, we propose …

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 …

Molecular crystals responding to external stress, or soft crystalline materials being adaptable
to mechanical stimuli, have caused great interest due to their diverse applications. Molecular …

Understanding the structural origins of diverse mechanical behaviors of organic crystals is
critical for designing functional materials for a number of technological applications. To …

We report here the first elastically bendable single-component pharmaceutical crystal,
celecoxib. Interlocked molecular packing without the slip plane and the presence of an …

Organic crystals are easily cracked into pieces or powders under applied stress because of
their intrinsic brittle nature. This undesired mechanical property directly limits their …

Recent interest in functional flexible molecular crystals has the potential to provide unique
optoelectronic applications and stimuli-responsive chemistry. In crystal engineering, the …