Designing Dual Mechanical Response in Molecular Crystals through Cocrystallization

Crystal Growth & Design, vol. 22, pp. 6838–6843

Abstract

Two isomorphous crystals are reported based on a naphthylvinylpyridine coformer. The crystals are mechanically flexible and exhibit photosalient response to UV irradiation. We therefore show how multiple mechanical phenomena can be simultaneously designed into a single material by cocrystallization.

Authors 6

1. Madhumathi Lakshmipathi

   SRM Institute of Science and Technology

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   Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai 603 203, India

2. Somnath Dey Aachen Institute of Crystallography

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute of crystallography, RWTH Aachen University, 52066 Aachen, Germany

3. Franziska Emmerling

   Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing

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   BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Richard-Willstatter-Str. 11,12489 Berlin, Germany

4. Biswajit Bhattacharya corresponding

   Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing

   Affiliation as printed

   BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Richard-Willstatter-Str. 11,12489 Berlin, Germany

5. Adam A. L. Michalchuk∞ corresponding

   Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing

   Affiliation as printed

   BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Richard-Willstatter-Str. 11,12489 Berlin, Germany

6. Soumyajit Ghosh corresponding

   SRM Institute of Science and Technology

   Affiliation as printed

   Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai 603 203, India