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Zhang Y, Liang R, Atterberry BA, Li F, Staples RJ, Zhang J, Samanta J, Rossini AJ, Ke C. Ultradynamic Isoreticularly Expanded Porous Organic Crystals. J Am Chem Soc 2024. [PMID: 38779810 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c04245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Porous organic materials showcasing large framework dynamics present new paths for adsorption and separation with enhanced capacity and selectivity beyond the size-sieving limits, which is attributed to their guest-responsive sorption behaviors. Porous hydrogen-bonded crosslinked organic frameworks (HCOFs) are attractive for their remarkable ability to undergo guest-triggered expansion and contraction facilitated by their flexible covalent crosslinkages. However, the voids of HCOFs remain limited, which restrains the extent of the framework dynamics. In this work, we synthesized a series of HCOFs characterized by unprecedented size expansion capabilities induced by solvents. These HCOFs were constructed by isoreticularly co-crystallizing two complementary sets of hydrogen bonding building blocks to generate porous molecular crystals, which were crosslinked through thiol-ene/yne single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformations. The generated HCOFs exhibit enhanced chemical durability, high crystallinity, and extraordinary framework dynamics. For instance, HCOF-104 crystals featuring a pore diameter of 13.6 Å expanded in DMF to 300 ± 10% of their original lengths within just 1 min. This expansion allows the HCOFs to adsorb guest molecules that are significantly larger than the pore sizes of their crystalline states. Through methanol-induced contraction, these large guests were encapsulated in the fast-contracted HCOFs. These advancements in porous framework dynamics pave the way for new methods of encapsulating guests for targeted delivery.
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- Yunjia Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, 41 College Street, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, 41 College Street, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, 2438 Pammel Drive, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- US DOE Ames National Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, 578 S. Shaw Lane, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur 603203, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, 2438 Pammel Drive, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- US DOE Ames National Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, 41 College Street, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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Lin J, Zhou J, Li L, Tahir I, Wu S, Naumov P, Gong J. Highly efficient in crystallo energy transduction of light to work. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3633. [PMID: 38684679 PMCID: PMC11059232 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47881-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024] Open
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Various mechanical effects have been reported with molecular materials, yet organic crystals capable of multiple dynamic effects are rare, and at present, their performance is worse than some of the common actuators. Here, we report a confluence of different mechanical effects across three polymorphs of an organic crystal that can efficiently convert light into work. Upon photodimerization, acicular crystals of polymorph I display output work densities of about 0.06-3.94 kJ m-3, comparable to ceramic piezoelectric actuators. Prismatic crystals of the same form exhibit very high work densities of about 1.5-28.5 kJ m-3, values that are comparable to thermal actuators. Moreover, while crystals of polymorph II roll under the same conditions, crystals of polymorph III are not photochemically reactive; however, they are mechanically flexible. The results demonstrate that multiple and possibly combined mechanical effects can be anticipated even for a simple organic crystal.
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- Jiawei Lin
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin, 300192, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin, 300192, China
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- Smart Materials Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi, PO Box, 129188, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Department of Sciences and Engineering, Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, PO Box, 38044, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Smart Materials Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi, PO Box, 129188, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin, 300192, China.
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- Smart Materials Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi, PO Box, 129188, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
- Center for Smart Engineering Materials, New York University Abu Dhabi, PO Box, 129188, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
- Research Center for Environment and Materials, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Bul. Krste Misirkov 2, MK‒1000, Skopje, Macedonia.
- Molecular Design Institute, Department of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY, 10003, USA.
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin, 300192, China.
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Di Q, Al-Handawi MB, Li L, Naumov P, Zhang H. A Thermosalient and Mechanically Compliant Organic Crystalline Optical Waveguide Switcher. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024:e202403914. [PMID: 38658315 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202403914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2024] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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The dense and ordered molecular arrangements endow dynamic molecular crystals with fast response, rapid energy conversion, low energy dissipation, and strong coupling between heat/light and mechanical energy. Most of the known dynamic crystals can only respond to a single stimulus, and materials that can respond to multiple stimuli are rare. Here, we report an organic crystalline material that can be bent plastically and is also thermosalient, as its crystals can move when they undergo a reversible phase transition. The crystals transmit light regardless of their shape or crystalline phase. The combination of light transduction and reversible thermomechanical deformation provides an opportunity to switch the waveguiding capability of the material in a narrow temperature range, which holds a tremendous potential for applications in heat-averse electronic components, such as central processing units. Unlike existing electronics, the material we report here is completely organic and therefore much lighter, potentially reducing the overall weight of electronic circuits.
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- Qi Di
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 130012, Changchun, China
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- Smart Materials Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi, 38044, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Department of Science and Engineering, Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, 38044, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Smart Materials Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi, 38044, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Center for Smart Engineering Materials, New York University Abu Dhabi, 129188, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Research Center for Environment and Materials, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Bul. Krste Misirkov 2, MK-1000, Skopje, Macedonia
- Molecular Design Institute, Department of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, 10003, New York, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 130012, Changchun, China
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Wei Y, Chen K, Zhu S, Wu W, Zhao H, Huang X, Wang N, Zhou L, Wang T, Wang J, Hao H. Photoactuators Based on Plastically Flexible α-Cyanostilbene Molecular Crystals Driven by the Solid-State [2+2] Cycloaddition Reaction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2307756. [PMID: 37987091 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202307756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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Organic photomechanical molecular crystals are promising candidates for photoactuators, which have potential applications as smart materials in various fields. However, it is still challenging to fabricate photomechanical molecular crystals with flexibility because most of the molecular crystals are brittle and the mechanism of flexible crystals remains controversial. Here, a plastically flexible α-cyanostilbene crystal has been synthesized that can undergo solid-state [2+2] cycloaddition reaction under violet or UV irradiation and exhibits excellent photomechanical bending properties. A hook-shaped crystal can lift 0.7 mg object upward by 1.5 cm, which proves its potential for application as photoactuators. When complex with the agarose polymer, the molecules will be in the form of macroscopic crystals, which can drive the composite films to exhibit excellent photomechanical bending performance. Upon irradiation with UV light, the composite film can quickly lift 18.0 mg object upward by 0.3 cm. The results of this work may facilitate the application of macroscale crystals as photoactuators.
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- Yiwei Wei
- National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Crystallization Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Crystallization Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Crystallization Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Crystallization Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Crystallization Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Crystallization Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Crystallization Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Crystallization Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Crystallization Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Crystallization Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Crystallization Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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Yang YH, Chen YS, Chuang WT, Yang JS. Bifurcated Polymorphic Transition and Thermochromic Fluorescence of a Molecular Crystal Involving Three-Dimensional Supramolecular Gear Rotation. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:8131-8141. [PMID: 38471139 PMCID: PMC10979455 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c12454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Revised: 01/25/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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The ability of molecules to move and rearrange in the solid state accounts for the polymorphic transition and stimuli-responsive properties of molecular crystals. However, how the crystal structure determines the molecular motion ability remains poorly understood. Here, we report that a three-dimensional (3D) supramolecular gear network in the green-emissive polymorph 1G of a dialkylamino-substituted anthracene-pentiptycene π-system (1) enables an unusual bifurcated polymorphic transition into a yellow-emissive polymorph (1Y) and a new green-emissive polymorph (1G*) via 3D correlated supramolecular rotation. The 90° forward correlated rotation causes the molecular conformation between the octyl and the anthracene units to change from syn to anti, the ladder-like supramolecular columns to constrict, and the gear network to disengage. This cooperative molecular motion is marked by the gradual formation of an intermediate state (1I) across the entire crystal from 170 to 230 °C, which then undergoes bifurcated (forward or backward rotation) and irreversible transitions to form polymorphs 1Y and 1G* at 230-235 °C. Notably, 1G* is similar to 1G but lacks gear engagement, preventing its transformation into 1Y. Nevertheless, 1G can be restored by grinding 1Y or 1G* or fuming with dichloromethane (DCM) vapor. This work illustrates the correlation between the crystal structure and solid-state molecular motion behavior and demonstrates how a 3D molecular gear system efficiently transmits thermal energy to drive the polymorphic transition and induce fluorochromism through significant conformational and packing changes.
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- Yun-Hsuan Yang
- Department
of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- National
Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30092, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Giri P, Panda A, Panda MK. Photoinduced Puffing with Large Volume Expansion and Photomechanical Motions induced by Topochemical [4+4] Reactions in Molecular Crystal Solvates. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303836. [PMID: 38198243 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 01/07/2024] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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In this work, we report the first example of two crystal solvates of an anthracene-benzhydrazide based molecule (Ant) that display very distinct photo-responsive behaviour when 365 or 405 nm or visible light is illuminated. For the first time, the crystal hydrate that has water molecule in the lattice (hereafter named as Ant-H2O) display fascinating puffing behavior with large volume expansion upto 50 % accompanied with surface modulation when illuminated with 405 nm light, a phenomenon very much similar to the rice or popcorn puffing by thermal treatment. Utilizing the properties of photoconverted Ant-H2O crystals, we have demonstrated their application in photoinduced enhanced liquid absorption using various liquids/solutions. The other crystal solvate having DMF in the crystal lattice (hereafter named as Ant-DMF) responds to 405 nm light by bending, twisting, chopping, jumping or splitting etc. The chopping of Ant-DMF crystal was also observed under ambient/white light but at a slower rate compared to 405 nm light. Single crystal X-ray diffraction study reveals that the photoinduced puffing and photomechanical effects of these materials are rooted to the topochemical [4+4] cycloaddition reaction between the anthracene moieties that facilitate molecular packing change assisted by the reconfiguration of intermolecular non-covalent interactions involving lattice trapped solvent molecules.
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- Prasenjit Giri
- Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, 305-0044, Ibaraki, Japan
- Current affiliation: Amity University, Amity Institute of Applied Science, Sector-125, Noida, 201313, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032
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Mondal S, Reddy CM, Saha S. Crystal property engineering using molecular-supramolecular equivalence: mechanical property alteration in hydrogen bonded systems. Chem Sci 2024; 15:3578-3587. [PMID: 38454997 PMCID: PMC10915866 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc06462j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
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Most crystal engineering strategies exercised until now mainly rely on the alteration of weak non-covalent interactions to design structures and thus properties. Examples of mechanical property alteration for a given structure type are rare with only a few halogen bonded cases. The modular nature of halogen bonds with interaction strength tunability makes the task straightforward to obtain property differentiated crystals. However, the design of such crystals using hydrogen bond interactions has proven to be non-trivial, because of its relatively higher difference in bonding energies, and more importantly, disparate geometries of the functional groups. In the present crystal property engineering exercise, with the support of CSD analysis, we replaced a supramolecular precursor that leads to plastically bendable crystals, with a molecular equivalent, and obtained an equivalent crystal structure. As a result, the new structure, with comparable hydrogen bonding chains, produces elastically bendable single crystals (as opposed to plastically bendable crystals). In addition, the crystals show multidirectional (here two) elastic bending as well as rare elastic twisting. The occurrence of multiple isostructural examples, including a solid solution, with identical properties further demonstrates the general applicability of the proposed model. Crystals cannot display the concerned mechanical property in the absence of the desired structure type and fracture in a brittle manner on application of an external stress. Nanomechanical experiments and energy framework calculations also complement our results. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first example of a rational crystal engineering exercise using solely hydrogen bond interactions to obtain property differentiated crystals. This strategy namely molecular-supramolecular equivalence has been unexplored till now to tune mechanical properties, and hence is useful for crystal property engineering.
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- Saikat Mondal
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata Nadia Mohanpur 741246 West Bengal India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata Nadia Mohanpur 741246 West Bengal India
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad Kandi 502284 Telangana India
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- Department of Chemistry, Islampur College Uttar Dinajpur Islampur West Bengal 733202 India
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Liang Q, Ma X, Gu C, Ren J, An C, Fu H, Schumacher S, Liao Q. Photochemical Reaction Enabling the Engineering of Photonic Spin-Orbit Coupling in Organic-Crystal Optical Microcavities. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:4542-4548. [PMID: 38295022 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c11373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
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The control and active manipulation of spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in photonic systems are fundamental in the development of modern spin optics and topological photonic devices. Here, we demonstrate the control of an artificial Rashba-Dresselhaus (RD) SOC mediated by photochemical reactions in a microcavity filled with an organic single crystal of photochromic phase-change character. Splitting of the circular polarization components of the optical modes induced by photonic RD SOC is observed experimentally in momentum space. By applying an ultraviolet light beam, we control the spatial molecular orientation through a photochemical reaction, and with that we control the energies of the photonic modes. This way, we realize a reversible conversion of spin splitting of the optical modes with different energies, leading to an optically controlled switching between circularly and linearly polarized optical modes in our device. Our strategy of in situ and reversible engineering of SOC induced by a light field provides a promising approach to actively design and manipulate synthetic gauge fields toward future on-chip integration in photonics and topological photonic devices.
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- Qian Liang
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Optical Materials and Photonic Devices, Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- Department of Physics and Center for Optoelectronics and Photonics Paderborn (CeOPP), Paderborn University, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Optical Materials and Photonic Devices, Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Optic-Electronic Information Materials, College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Optical Materials and Photonic Devices, Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Optical Materials and Photonic Devices, Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, 411201, China
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- Department of Physics and Center for Optoelectronics and Photonics Paderborn (CeOPP), Paderborn University, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
- Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS), Paderborn University, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
- Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Optical Materials and Photonic Devices, Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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Hasebe S, Hagiwara Y, Ueno T, Asahi T, Koshima H. Negative to positive axial thermal expansion switching of an organic crystal: contribution to multistep photoactuation. Chem Sci 2024; 15:1088-1097. [PMID: 38239690 PMCID: PMC10793602 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc04796b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2024] Open
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Materials displaying negative thermal expansion (NTE), in contrast to typical materials with positive thermal expansion (PTE), are attractive for both fundamental research and practical applications, including the development of composites with near-zero thermal expansion. A recent data mining study revealed that approximately 34% of organic crystals may present NTE, indicating that NTE in organic crystals is much more common than generally believed. However, organic crystals that switch from NTE to PTE or vice versa have rarely been reported. Here, we report the crystal of N-3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylide-3-nitroaniline in the enol form (enol-1) as the first organic crystal in which the axial thermal expansion changes from negative to positive at around room temperature. When heated, the crystal shrinks along the a-axis below 30 °C and then it expands above 30 °C. Geometric calculations revealed that below 30 °C, the decrease in the tilt angle of the molecule exceeds the increase in the interplanar distance, causing NTE, whereas above 30 °C, the increase in the interplanar distance outweighs the decrease in the tilt angle, resulting in PTE. By combining photoisomerisation and the NTE-PTE switching induced by the photothermal effect, multistep crystal photoactuation was achieved. Moreover, actuation switching of the same crystal sample by changing atmosphere temperature was realised by utilising the NTE-PTE change. Such NTE-PTE switching without a thermal phase transition provides not only new insight into organic crystals but also a new strategy for designing crystal actuators.
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- Shodai Hasebe
- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 169-8555 Japan
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- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 169-8555 Japan
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- Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 169-8555 Japan
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- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 169-8555 Japan
- Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 169-8555 Japan
- Research Organization for Nano & Life Innovation, Waseda University 513, Waseda Tsurumakicho Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 162-0041 Japan
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- Research Organization for Nano & Life Innovation, Waseda University 513, Waseda Tsurumakicho Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 162-0041 Japan
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Beran GJO, Greenwell C, Cook C, Řezáč J. Improved Description of Intra- and Intermolecular Interactions through Dispersion-Corrected Second-Order Møller-Plesset Perturbation Theory. Acc Chem Res 2023; 56:3525-3534. [PMID: 37963266 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2023]
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ConspectusThe quantum chemical modeling of organic crystals and other molecular condensed-phase problems requires computationally affordable electronic structure methods which can simultaneously describe intramolecular conformational energies and intermolecular interactions accurately. To achieve this, we have developed a spin-component-scaled, dispersion-corrected second-order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory (SCS-MP2D) model. SCS-MP2D augments canonical MP2 with a dispersion correction which removes the uncoupled Hartree-Fock dispersion energy present in canonical MP2 and replaces it with a more reliable coupled Kohn-Sham treatment, all evaluated within the framework of Grimme's D3 dispersion model. The spin-component scaling is then used to improve the description of the residual (nondispersion) portion of the correlation energy.The SCS-MP2D model improves upon earlier corrected MP2 models in a few ways. Compared to the highly successful dispersion-corrected MP2C model, which is based solely on intermolecular perturbation theory, the SCS-MP2D dispersion correction improves the description of both inter- and intramolecular interactions. The dispersion correction can also be evaluated with trivial computational cost, and nuclear analytic gradients are computed readily to enable geometry optimizations. In contrast to earlier spin-component scaling MP2 models, the optimal spin-component scaling coefficients are only mildly sensitive to the choice of training data, and a single global parametrization of the model can describe both thermochemistry and noncovalent interactions.The resulting dispersion-corrected, spin-component-scaled MP2 (SCS-MP2D) model predicts conformational energies and intermolecular interactions with accuracy comparable to or better than those of many range-separated and double-hybrid density functionals, as is demonstrated on a variety of benchmark tests. Among the functionals considered here, only the revDSD-PBEP86-D3(BJ) functional gives consistently smaller errors in benchmark tests. The results presented also hint that further improvements of SCS-MP2D may be possible through a more robust fitting procedure for the seven empirical parameters.To demonstrate the performance of SCS-MP2D further, several applications to molecular crystal problems are presented. The three chosen examples all represent cases where density-driven delocalization error causes GGA or hybrid density functionals to artificially stabilize crystals exhibiting more extended π-conjugation. Our pragmatic strategy addresses the delocalization error by combining a periodic density functional theory (DFT) treatment of the infinite lattice with intramolecular/conformational energy corrections computed with SCS-MP2D. For the anticancer drug axitinib, applying the SCS-MP2D conformational energy correction produces crystal polymorph stabilities that are consistent with experiment, in contrast to earlier studies. For the crystal structure prediction of the ROY molecule, so named for its colorful red, orange, and yellow crystals, this approach leads to the first plausible crystal energy landscape, and it reveals that the lowest-energy polymorphs have already been found experimentally. Finally, in the context of photomechanical crystals, which transform light into mechanical work, these techniques are used to predict the structural transformations and extract design principles for maximizing the work performed.
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- Gregory J O Beran
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, 160 00 Prague, Czech Republic
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Peng J, Han C, Zhang X, Jia J, Bai J, Zhang Q, Wang Y, Xue P. Mechanical Effects of Elastic Crystals Driven by Natural Sunlight and Force. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202311348. [PMID: 37828622 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202311348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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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 obtaining them remains a challenge. Herein, an elastic crystal of a barbiturate derivative was found to be an excellent candidate, demonstrating plastic bending behavior under natural sunlight irradiation. 1 H NMR and high-resolution mass spectrum data of microcrystals before and after light irradiation demonstrated that light-induced [2+2] cycloaddition was the driving force for the photomechanical effects. Interestingly, the crystals retained elastic bending even after light irradiation. This is the first report of flexible crystals that can be driven by natural sunlight and that have both photomechanical properties and elasticity. Furthermore, regulation of the passive light output direction of the crystals and transport of objects by applying mechanical forces and light was demonstrated.
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- Jiang Peng
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules and Magnetic Information Materials of, Ministry of Education & School of Chemistry and Materials Science of, Shanxi Normal University, 030032, Taiyuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules and Magnetic Information Materials of, Ministry of Education & School of Chemistry and Materials Science of, Shanxi Normal University, 030032, Taiyuan, China
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- Aerospace science & industry defense technology research and test center, 100039, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules and Magnetic Information Materials of, Ministry of Education & School of Chemistry and Materials Science of, Shanxi Normal University, 030032, Taiyuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules and Magnetic Information Materials of, Ministry of Education & School of Chemistry and Materials Science of, Shanxi Normal University, 030032, Taiyuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules and Magnetic Information Materials of, Ministry of Education & School of Chemistry and Materials Science of, Shanxi Normal University, 030032, Taiyuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules and Magnetic Information Materials of, Ministry of Education & School of Chemistry and Materials Science of, Shanxi Normal University, 030032, Taiyuan, China
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- Tianjin key laboratory of structure and performance for functional molecules, College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University, 300387, Tianjin, China
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Mondal S, Tanari P, Roy S, Bhunia S, Chowdhury R, Pal AK, Datta A, Pal B, Reddy CM. Autonomous self-healing organic crystals for nonlinear optics. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6589. [PMID: 37852998 PMCID: PMC10584936 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42131-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023] Open
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Non-centrosymmetric molecular crystals have a plethora of applications, such as piezoelectric transducers, energy storage and nonlinear optical materials owing to their unique structural order which is absent in other synthetic materials. As most crystals are brittle, their efficiency declines upon prolonged usage due to fatigue or catastrophic failure, limiting their utilities. Some natural substances, like bone, enamel, leaf and skin, function efficiently, last a life-time, thanks to their inherent self-healing nature. Therefore, incorporating self-healing ability in crystalline materials will greatly broaden their scope. Here, we report single crystals of a dibenzoate derivative, capable of self-healing within milliseconds via autonomous actuation. Systematic quantitative experiments reveal the limit of mechanical forces that the self-healing crystals can withstand. As a proof-of-concept, we also demonstrate that our self-healed crystals can retain their second harmonic generation (SHG) with high efficiency. Kinematic analysis of the actuation in our system also revealed its impressive performance parameters, and shows actuation response times in the millisecond range.
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- Saikat Mondal
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Nadia, 741246, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Nadia, 741246, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Nadia, 741246, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Nadia, 741246, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Nadia, 741246, West Bengal, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, 700032, West Bengal, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, 700032, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Nadia, 741246, West Bengal, India.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Nadia, 741246, West Bengal, India.
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Cook CJ, Perry CJ, Beran GJO. Organic Crystal Packing Is Key to Determining the Photomechanical Response. J Phys Chem Lett 2023:6823-6831. [PMID: 37487003 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/26/2023]
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Organic photomechanical crystals have great promise as molecular machines, but their development has been hindered by a lack of clear theoretical design principles. While much research has focused on the choice of the molecular photochrome, density functional theory calculations here demonstrate that crystal packing has a major impact on the work densities that can be produced by a photochrome. Examination of two diarylethene molecules reveals that the predicted work densities can vary by an order of magnitude across different experimentally known crystal structures of the same species. The highest work densities occur when molecules are aligned in parallel, thereby producing a highly anisotropic photomechanical response. These results suggest that a greater emphasis on polymorph screening and/or crystal engineering could improve the work densities achieved by photomechanical engines. Finally, an inherent thermodynamic asymmetry is identified that biases photomechanical engines to exhibit higher work densities in the forward stroke direction.
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- Cameron J Cook
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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Mahmoud Halabi J, Al-Handawi MB, Ceballos R, Naumov P. Intersectional Effects of Crystal Features on the Actuation Performance of Dynamic Molecular Crystals. J Am Chem Soc 2023. [PMID: 37235774 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c02184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Despite being researched for decades, shape-shifting molecular crystals have yet to claim their spot as an actuating materials class among the primary functional materials. While the process for developing and commercializing materials can be lengthy, it inevitably starts with building an extensive knowledge base, which for molecular crystal actuators remains scattered and disjointed. Using machine learning for the first time, we identify inherent features and structure-function relationships that fundamentally impact the mechanical response of molecular crystal actuators. Our model can factor in different crystal properties in tandem and decipher their intersectional and combined effects on each actuation performance. This analysis is an open invitation to utilize interdisciplinary expertise in translating the current basic research on molecular crystal actuators into technology-based development that promotes large-scale experimentation and prototyping.
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- Jad Mahmoud Halabi
- Smart Materials Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi, P.O. Box 129188, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Smart Materials Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi, P.O. Box 129188, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Smart Materials Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi, P.O. Box 129188, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Center for Smart Engineering Materials, New York University Abu Dhabi, P.O. Box 129188, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Research Center for Environment and Materials, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Bul. Krste Misirkov 2, Skopje MK-1000, Macedonia
- Molecular Design Institute, Department of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, New York 10003, United States
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Yang X, Lan L, Pan X, Di Q, Liu X, Li L, Naumov P, Zhang H. Bioinspired soft robots based on organic polymer-crystal hybrid materials with response to temperature and humidity. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2287. [PMID: 37085510 PMCID: PMC10121608 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37964-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/23/2023] Open
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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 soft robots. Various biomimetic soft robots are constructed to demonstrate the vast versatility of responses and flexibility in shape-shifting. We now report that the integration of organic molecular crystals and polymers brings about synergistic improvement in the performance of both materials as a hybrid materials class, with the polymers adding hygroresponsive and thermally responsive functionalities to the crystals. The resulting hybrid dynamic elements respond within milliseconds, which represents several orders of magnitude of improvement in the time response relative to some other type of common actuators. Combining molecular crystals with polymers brings crystals as largely overlooked materials much closer to specific applications in soft (micro)robotics and related fields.
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- Xuesong Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 130012, Changchun, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 130012, Changchun, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 130012, Changchun, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 130012, Changchun, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 130012, Changchun, P. R. China
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- Smart Materials Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi, PO Box 129188, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
- Department of Sciences and Engineering, Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, PO Box 38044, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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- Smart Materials Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi, PO Box 129188, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
- Research Center for Environment and Materials, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Bul. Krste Misirkov 2, MK‒1000, Skopje, Macedonia.
- Molecular Design Institute, Department of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY, 10003, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 130012, Changchun, P. R. China.
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Chen YS, Wang CH, Hu YH, Lu CYD, Yang JS. An Elastic Organic Crystal Enables Macroscopic Photoinduced Crystal Elongation. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:6024-6028. [PMID: 36840927 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c13210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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Among the various types of photomechanical deformations of organic crystals, photoinduced elongation of millimeter-scale crystals has yet to be demonstrated. Here we report that the millimeter-sized crystalline rods of an anthracene-pentiptycene hybrid organic π-system (1) are highly elastic and able to elongate up to 21.6% or 0.40 mm without fragmentation upon undergoing [4 + 4] photodimerization reactions. Both the mechanical and photomechanical effects reveal a strong cohesion of the system, even at the interface of 1 and its photodimer 2 and under the conditions of randomized molecular packing, representing a new class of mechanically adaptive organic crystals.
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- Yu-Shan Chen
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Metherall JP, Carroll RC, Coles SJ, Hall MJ, Probert MR. Advanced crystallisation methods for small organic molecules. Chem Soc Rev 2023; 52:1995-2010. [PMID: 36857636 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00697a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
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Molecular materials based on small organic molecules often require advanced structural analysis, beyond the capability of spectroscopic techniques, to fully characterise them. In such cases, diffraction methods such as single crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD), are one of the most powerful tools available to researchers, providing molecular and structural elucidation at atomic level resolution, including absolute stereochemistry. However SCXRD, and related diffraction methods, are heavily dependent on the availability of suitable, high-quality crystals, thus crystallisation often becomes the major bottleneck in preparing samples. Following a summary of classical methods for the crystallisation of small organic molecules, this review will focus on a number of recently developed advanced methods for crystalline material sample preparation for SCXRD. This review will cover two main areas of modern small organic molecule crystallisation, namely the inclusion of molecules within host complexes (e.g., "crystalline sponge" and tetraaryladamantane based inclusion chaperones) and the use of high-throughput crystallisation, employing "under-oil" approaches (e.g., microbatch under-oil and ENaCt). Representative examples have been included for each technique, together with a discussion of their relative advantages and limitations to aid the reader in selecting the most appropriate technique to overcome a specific analytical challenge.
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- J P Metherall
- Newcastle University, Chemistry - School of Natural Environmental Sciences, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK.
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- University of Southampton, School of Chemistry, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- University of Southampton, School of Chemistry, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Newcastle University, Chemistry - School of Natural Environmental Sciences, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK.
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- Newcastle University, Chemistry - School of Natural Environmental Sciences, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK.
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Hasija A, Thompson AJ, Singh L, S N M, Mangalampalli KSRN, McMurtrie JC, Bhattacharjee M, Clegg JK, Chopra D. Plastic Deformation in a Molecular Crystal Enables a Piezoresistive Response. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2206169. [PMID: 36587988 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202206169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Organic materials are promising candidates for the development of efficient sensors for many medicinal and materials science applications. Single crystals of a small molecule, 4-trifluoromethyl phenyl isothiocyanate (4CFNCS), exhibit plastic deformation when bent, twisted, or coiled. Synchrotron micro-focus X-ray diffraction mapping of the bent region of the crystal confirms the mechanism of deformation. The crystals are incorporated into a flexible piezoresistive sensor using a composite constituting PEDOT: PSS/4CFNCS, which shows an impressive performance at high-pressure ranges (sensitivity 0.08 kPa-1 above 44 kPa).
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- Avantika Hasija
- Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal By-Pass Road, Bhopal, MP, 462066, India
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- i-lab, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal, MP, 462066, India
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- Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur, Chennai, Kanchipuram, 603203, India
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- Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur, Chennai, Kanchipuram, 603203, India
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- School of Chemistry and Physics and Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
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- i-lab, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal, MP, 462066, India
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal By-Pass Road, Bhopal, MP, 462066, India
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Cook CJ, Li W, Lui BF, Gately TJ, Al-Kaysi RO, Mueller LJ, Bardeen CJ, Beran GJO. A theoretical framework for the design of molecular crystal engines. Chem Sci 2023; 14:937-949. [PMID: 36755715 PMCID: PMC9890974 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc05549j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Photomechanical molecular crystals have garnered attention for their ability to transform light into mechanical work, but difficulties in characterizing the structural changes and mechanical responses experimentally have hindered the development of practical organic crystal engines. This study proposes a new computational framework for predicting the solid-state crystal-to-crystal photochemical transformations entirely from first principles, and it establishes a photomechanical engine cycle that quantifies the anisotropic mechanical performance resulting from the transformation. The approach relies on crystal structure prediction, solid-state topochemical principles, and high-quality electronic structure methods. After validating the framework on the well-studied [4 + 4] cycloadditions in 9-methyl anthracene and 9-tert-butyl anthracene ester, the experimentally-unknown solid-state transformation of 9-carboxylic acid anthracene is predicted for the first time. The results illustrate how the mechanical work is done by relaxation of the crystal lattice to accommodate the photoproduct, rather than by the photochemistry itself. The large ∼107 J m-3 work densities computed for all three systems highlight the promise of photomechanical crystal engines. This study demonstrates the importance of crystal packing in determining molecular crystal engine performance and provides tools and insights to design improved materials in silico.
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- Cameron J. Cook
- Department of Chemistry, University of California RiversideRiverside CA 92521USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California RiversideRiverside CA 92521USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California RiversideRiverside CA 92521USA
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- College of Science and Health Professions-3124, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Ministry of National Guard Health AffairsRiyadh 11426Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California RiversideRiverside CA 92521USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California RiversideRiverside CA 92521USA
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Usuba J, Han GG. Photoswitch designs for molecular solar thermal energy storage. TRENDS IN CHEMISTRY 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trechm.2022.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Hino Y, Matsuo T, Hayashi S. Structural Phase Transitions in Anthracene Crystals. Chempluschem 2022; 87:e202200157. [PMID: 35762685 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202200157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Revised: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Anthracene (C14 H10 ) and its derivatives, π-conjugated molecules in acenes, have been widely researched in terms of their reactions, physical properties, and self-assembly (or crystal engineering). These molecules can be functionalized to tune reactivities, optoelectronic properties, and self-assembling abilities. Structural changes in the molecular assemblies, solid states, and crystals have recently been discovered. Therefore, a systematic discussion of anthracene's molecular structure, packing, and optical properties based on its intermolecular structure and phase transitions is important for future chemical and structural design. In the present review, we discuss anthracene's molecular design, dimer packing, and crystal structure, focusing on the structural phase transitions of its crystals. We also provide examples of the phase transitions of anthracene crystals. Changes to edge-to-face of CH-π interaction and face-to-face packing of π-π interaction affect the thermodynamic stabilities of various crystal structures. These structures can inform the prediction of structural and physical properties.
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- Yuto Hino
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kochi University of Technology, 185 Tosayamada Miyanokuchi, Kami, Kochi, 782-8502, Japan
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kochi University of Technology, 185 Tosayamada Miyanokuchi, Kami, Kochi, 782-8502, Japan
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kochi University of Technology, 185 Tosayamada Miyanokuchi, Kami, Kochi, 782-8502, Japan
- Research Center for Molecular Design, Kochi University of Technology, 185 Tosayamada Miyanokuchi, Kami, Kochi, 782-8502, Japan
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Dong X, Guo T, Kitagawa D, Kobatake S, Palffy-Muhoray P, Bardeen CJ. Performance of Composite Glass-Diarylethene Crystal Photomechanical Actuator Membranes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:27149-27156. [PMID: 35657939 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c04112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Hybrid organic-inorganic composites based on organic photochromic crystals embedded in inorganic templates provide a new approach to photomechanical materials. Diarylethene (DAE) nanowire crystals grown in Al2O3 membranes have exhibited reversible photoinduced bending and lifting [Dong, X., Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 1016-1022]. In this paper, the hybrid approach is extended to porous SiO2 membranes. Despite the different template material (SiO2 instead of Al2O3) and much larger channels (5 μm diameter instead of 0.2 μm diameter), similar photomechanical behavior is observed for this new class of organic-inorganic hybrid actuators. The ability to reuse individual glass templates across different DAE filling cycles allows us to show that the DAE filling step is crucial for determining the mechanical work done by the bending template. The bending curvature also depends quadratically on the template thickness, in good agreement with theory. The light-induced bending can be repeated for up to 150 cycles without loss of performance, suggesting good fatigue resistance. The results in this paper demonstrate that the hybrid organic-inorganic approach can be extended to other host materials and template geometries. They also suggest that optimizing the organic filling and template thickness could improve the work output by an order of magnitude.
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- Xinning Dong
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, United States
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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Rohullah M, Pradeep VV, Ravi J, Kumar AV, Chandrasekar R. Micromechanically-Powered Rolling Locomotion of a Twisted-Crystal Optical-Waveguide Cavity as a Mobile Light Polarization Rotor. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202202114. [PMID: 35278020 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202202114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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We demonstrate mechanically-powered rolling locomotion of a twisted-microcrystal optical-waveguide cavity on the substrate, rotating the output signal's linear-polarization. Self-assembly of (E)-2-bromo-6-(((4-methoxyphenyl)imino)methyl)-4-nitrophenol produces naturally twisted microcrystals. The strain between several intergrowing, orientationally mismatched nanocrystalline fibres dictates the pitch lengths of the twisted crystals. The crystals are flexible, perpendicular to twisted (001) and (010) planes due to π⋅⋅⋅π stacking, C-H⋅⋅⋅Br, N-H⋅⋅⋅O and C-H⋅⋅⋅O interactions. The twisted crystals in their straight and bent geometries guide fluorescence along their body axes and display optical modes. Depending upon the degree of mechanical rolling locomotion, the crystal-waveguide cavity correspondingly rotates the output signal polarization. The presented twisted-crystal cavity with a combination of mechanical locomotion and photonic attributes unfolds a new dimension in mechanophotonics.
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- Mehdi Rohullah
- Advanced Photonic Materials and Technology Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Centre for Nanotechnology, University of Hyderabad, Prof. C. R. Rao Road, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500046, Telangana, India
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- Advanced Photonic Materials and Technology Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Centre for Nanotechnology, University of Hyderabad, Prof. C. R. Rao Road, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500046, Telangana, India
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- Advanced Photonic Materials and Technology Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Centre for Nanotechnology, University of Hyderabad, Prof. C. R. Rao Road, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500046, Telangana, India
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- Advanced Photonic Materials and Technology Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Centre for Nanotechnology, University of Hyderabad, Prof. C. R. Rao Road, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500046, Telangana, India
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- Advanced Photonic Materials and Technology Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Centre for Nanotechnology, University of Hyderabad, Prof. C. R. Rao Road, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500046, Telangana, India
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Tong F, Qu DH. Engineering Shapes and Sizes of Molecular Crystals to Achieve Versatile Photomechanical Behaviors. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:4793-4801. [PMID: 35404608 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Photomechanical molecular crystals, which can directly convert light energy to mechanical energy and do mechanical work at different scales, are promising for future photoactuators. However, one of the bottlenecks in this area is how to harness the crystal shapes and sizes to achieve desired photomechanical motions and behaviors for versatile functionalities. To date, numerous techniques and strategies have been explored and developed to overcome this obstacle. In this perspective, we will summarize the progress recently made on the crystal shape and size engineering platform. Then we briefly touch on possible applications of photomechanical molecular crystals by introducing some built photoresponsive implementations. Finally, we will identify some fundamental challenges and suggestions for future applications.
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- Fei Tong
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, The People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, The People's Republic of China
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Xu TY, Tong F, Xu H, Wang MQ, Tian H, Qu DH. Engineering Photomechanical Molecular Crystals to Achieve Extraordinary Expansion Based on Solid-State [2 + 2] Photocycloaddition. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:6278-6290. [PMID: 35289609 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c12485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Photomechanical molecular crystals are promising candidates for photoactuators and can potentially be implemented as smart materials in various fields. Here, we synthesized a new molecular crystal, (E)-3-(naphthalen-1-yl)acrylaldehyde malononitrile ((E)-NAAM), that can undergo a solid-state [2 + 2] photocycloaddition reaction under visible light (≥400 nm) illumination. (E)-NAAM microcrystals containing symmetric twinned sealed cavities were prepared using a surfactant-mediated crystal seeded growth method. When exposed to light, the hollow microcrystals exhibited robust photomechanical motions, including bending and dramatic directional expansion of up to 43.1% elongation of the original crystal length before fragmentation due to the photosalient effect. The sealed cavities inside the microcrystals could store different aqueous dye solutions for approximately one month and release the solutions instantly upon light irradiation. A unique slow-fast-slow crystal elongation kinematic process was observed, suggesting significant molecular rearrangements during the illumination period, leading to an average anisotropic crystal elongation of 37.0% (±3.8%). The significant molecular structure and geometry changes accompanying the photocycloaddition reaction, which propels photochemistry to nearly 100% completion, also facilitate photomechanical crystal expansion. Our results provide a possible way to rationally design molecular structures and engineer crystal morphologies to promote more interesting photomechanical behaviors.
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- Tian-Yi Xu
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, The People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, The People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, The People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, The People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, The People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, The People's Republic of China
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Rohullah M, Pradeep VV, Ravi J, Kumar AV, Chandrasekar R. Micromechanically‐Powered Rolling Locomotion of Twisted‐Crystal Optical‐Waveguide‐Cavity as a Mobile Light Polarization Rotor. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202202114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- University of Hyderabad Chemistry INDIA
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- University of Hyderabad School of chemistry GachiBowliCentral University post 500046 Hyderabad INDIA
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Matsubara M, Ukai H, Kuragano M, Tokuraku K, Nakano H. Chiral Photomechanical Behavior of Achiral Azobenzene-based Molecular Glass Particles Fixed in Agar Gel. CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.220054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Motona Matsubara
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Muroran Institute of Technology, 27-1, Mizumoto-cho, Muroran, Hokkaido 050-8585
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Muroran Institute of Technology, 27-1, Mizumoto-cho, Muroran, Hokkaido 050-8585
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Muroran Institute of Technology, 27-1, Mizumoto-cho, Muroran, Hokkaido 050-8585
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Muroran Institute of Technology, 27-1, Mizumoto-cho, Muroran, Hokkaido 050-8585
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Muroran Institute of Technology, 27-1, Mizumoto-cho, Muroran, Hokkaido 050-8585
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Shu Y, Sun J, Yue Y, Ye K, Lu R. Visible Light Triggered Actuators Based on the Molecular Crystals of Anthracenecarbonitrile Undergoing Reversible [4+4] Cycloaddition. CHEMPHOTOCHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202200006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Jilin University College of Chemistry CHINA
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- Jilin University College of Chemistry CHINA
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- Jilin University College of Chemistry CHINA
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- Jilin University College of Chemistry 2519 JieFang Road 130021 Changchun CHINA
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Morimoto K, Kitagawa D, Tong F, Chalek K, Mueller LJ, Bardeen CJ, Kobatake S. Correlating Reaction Dynamics and Size Change during the Photomechanical Transformation of 9‐Methylanthracene Single Crystals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202114089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Kohei Morimoto
- Department of Applied Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering Osaka City University 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering Osaka City University 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Riverside 501 Big Springs Road Riverside CA 92521 USA
- Present address: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry Institute of Fine Chemicals School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Riverside 501 Big Springs Road Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Riverside 501 Big Springs Road Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Riverside 501 Big Springs Road Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Applied Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering Osaka City University 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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Zheng X, Liu X, Liu L, Li X, Jiang S, Niu C, Xie P, Liu G, Cao Z, Ren Y, Qin Y, Wang J. Multi‐Stimuli‐Induced Mechanical Bending and Reversible Fluorescence Switching in a Single Organic Crystal. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202113073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Xin Zheng
- College of Science Henan Agricultural University Zhengzhou 450002 P. R. China
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- College of Science Henan Agricultural University Zhengzhou 450002 P. R. China
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- College of Science Henan Agricultural University Zhengzhou 450002 P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions Ministry of Education School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Henan Normal University Xinxiang Henan 453007 P. R. China
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- College of Science Henan Agricultural University Zhengzhou 450002 P. R. China
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- College of Science Henan Agricultural University Zhengzhou 450002 P. R. China
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- College of Science Henan Agricultural University Zhengzhou 450002 P. R. China
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- College of Science Henan Agricultural University Zhengzhou 450002 P. R. China
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- College of Science Henan Agricultural University Zhengzhou 450002 P. R. China
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- College of Science Henan Agricultural University Zhengzhou 450002 P. R. China
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- College of Science Henan Agricultural University Zhengzhou 450002 P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions Ministry of Education School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Henan Normal University Xinxiang Henan 453007 P. R. China
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Zheng X, Liu X, Liu L, Li X, Jiang S, Niu C, Xie P, Liu G, Cao Z, Ren Y, Qin Y, Wang J. Multi-Stimuli-Induced Mechanical Bending and Reversible Fluorescence Switching in a Single Organic Crystal. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202113073. [PMID: 34807499 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202113073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Fluorescent single crystals that respond to multiple external stimuli are of great interest in molecular machines, sensors, and displays. The integration of photo- or acid-induced fluorescence enhancement and bending in one organic crystal, however, has not been reported yet. Herein, we report the interesting plastic photomechanical bending and switching on of the fluorescence of an azine crystal in a single-crystal transformation, due to extended π-conjugation and molecular slippage. Moreover, the fluorescent plastic bending driven by multiple volatile acid vapors was firstly observed, and attributed to the synergistic effect of push-pull electronic structure and hydrogen bonding. The single crystal also shows high elasticity under external force. In addition, reversible fluorescence switching can be triggered by grinding and solvent fuming, as well as by the adsorption and desorption of HCl vapor. The integration of plastic, elastic bending and switch-on fluorescence into one single crystal provides a new strategy for next-generation smart materials.
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- Xin Zheng
- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, P. R. China
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, P. R. China
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, P. R. China
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, P. R. China
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, P. R. China
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, P. R. China
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, P. R. China
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, P. R. China
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, P. R. China
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- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, P. R. China
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Ye Y, Hao H, Xie C. Photomechanical crystalline materials: new developments, property tuning and applications. CrystEngComm 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2ce00203e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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This highlight gives an overview of the mechanism development, property tuning and application exploration of photomechanical crystalline materials.
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- Yang Ye
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
- National Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry Science and Engineering, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
- National Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry Science and Engineering, Tianjin 300072, China
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Beran GJO, Greenwell C, Rezac J. Spin-component-scaled and dispersion-corrected second-order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory: A path toward chemical accuracy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:3695-3712. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cp04922d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Second-order Moller-Plesset perturbation theory (MP2) provides a valuable alternative to density functional theory for modeing problems in organic and biological chemistry. However, MP2 suffers from known limitations in the description...
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Wei X, Li B, Yang Z, Zhong R, Wang Y, Chen Y, Ding Z, Men G, Yang Z, Zhang H, Yang B, Xu W, Jiang S. Programmable photoresponsive materials based on a single molecule via distinct topochemical reactions. Chem Sci 2021; 12:15588-15595. [PMID: 35003588 PMCID: PMC8654046 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc04053g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Engineering the preorganization of photoactive units remains a big challenge in solid-state photochemistry research. It is of not only theoretical importance in the construction of topochemical reactions but also technological significance in the fabrication of advanced materials. Here, a cyanostilbene derivative, (Z)-2-(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-3-(naphthalen-2-yl) acrylonitrile (BNA), was crystallized into two polymorphs under different conditions. The two crystals, BNA-α and BNA-β, have totally different intra-π-dimer and inter-π-dimer hierarchical architectures on the basis of a very simple monomer, which provides them with distinct reactivities, functions and photoresponsive properties. Firstly, two different types of solid-state [2 + 2] photocycloaddition reaction: (i) a typical olefin-olefin cycloaddition reaction within the symmetric π-dimers of BNA-α and (ii) an unusual olefin-aromatic ring cycloaddition reaction within the offset π-dimers of BNA-β have been observed, respectively. Secondly, the crystal of BNA-α can be bent to 90° without any fracture, exhibiting outstanding flexibility upon UV irradiation, while the reversible photocycloaddition/thermal cleavage process (below 100 °C) accompanied by unique fluorescence changes can be achieved in the crystal of BNA-β. Finally, micro-scale photoactuators and light-writable anti-counterfeiting materials have been successfully fabricated. This work paves a simple way to construct smart materials through a bottom-up way that is realized by manipulating hierarchical architectures in the solid state.
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- Xiao Wei
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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Morimoto K, Kitagawa D, Tong F, Chalek K, Mueller LJ, Bardeen CJ, Kobatake S. Correlating Reaction Dynamics and Size Change during the Photomechanical Transformation of 9-Methylanthracene Single Crystals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202114089. [PMID: 34761506 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202114089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Photomechanical molecular crystals that expand under illumination could potentially be used as photon-powered actuators. In this study, we find that the use of high-quality single crystals of 9-methylanthracene (9MA) leads to more homogeneous reaction kinetics than that previously seen for polycrystalline samples, presumably due to a lower concentration of defects. Furthermore, simultaneous observation of absorbance and shape changes in single crystals revealed that the dimensional change mirrors the reaction progress, resulting in a smooth expansion of 7 % along the c-axis that is linearly correlated with reaction progress. The same expansion dynamics are highly reproducible across different single crystal samples. Organic single crystals exhibit well-defined linear expansions during 100 % photoconversion, suggesting that this class of solid-state phase change material could be used for actuation.
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- Kohei Morimoto
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, 501 Big Springs Road, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.,Present address: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, 501 Big Springs Road, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, 501 Big Springs Road, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, 501 Big Springs Road, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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Colloidal self-assembly refers to a solution-processed assembly of nanometer-/micrometer-sized, well-dispersed particles into secondary structures, whose collective properties are controlled by not only nanoparticle property but also the superstructure symmetry, orientation, phase, and dimension. This combination of characteristics makes colloidal superstructures highly susceptible to remote stimuli or local environmental changes, representing a prominent platform for developing stimuli-responsive materials and smart devices. Chemists are achieving even more delicate control over their active responses to various practical stimuli, setting the stage ready for fully exploiting the potential of this unique set of materials. This review addresses the assembly of colloids into stimuli-responsive or smart nanostructured materials. We first delineate the colloidal self-assembly driven by forces of different length scales. A set of concepts and equations are outlined for controlling the colloidal crystal growth, appreciating the importance of particle connectivity in creating responsive superstructures. We then present working mechanisms and practical strategies for engineering smart colloidal assemblies. The concepts underpinning separation and connectivity control are systematically introduced, allowing active tuning and precise prediction of the colloidal crystal properties in response to external stimuli. Various exciting applications of these unique materials are summarized with a specific focus on the structure-property correlation in smart materials and functional devices. We conclude this review with a summary of existing challenges in colloidal self-assembly of smart materials and provide a perspective on their further advances to the next generation.
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- Zhiwei Li
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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Commins P, Dippenaar AB, Li L, Hara H, Haynes DA, Naumov P. Mechanically compliant single crystals of a stable organic radical. Chem Sci 2021; 12:6188-6193. [PMID: 33996017 PMCID: PMC8098752 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc01246k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Mechanically compliant organic crystals are the foundation of the development of future flexible, light-weight single-crystal electronics, and this requires reversibly deformable crystalline organic materials with permanent magnetism. Here, we report and characterize the first instance of a plastically bendable single crystal of a permanent organic radical, 4-(4'-cyano-2',3',4',5'-tetrafluorophenyl)-1,2,3,5-dithiadiazolyl. The weak interactions between the radicals render single crystals of the β phase of this material exceedingly soft, and the S-N interactions facilitate plastic bending. EPR imaging of a bent single crystal reveals the effect of deformation on the three-dimensional spin density of the crystal. The unusual mechanical compliance of this material opens prospects for exploration into flexible crystals of other stable organic radicals towards the development of flexible light-weight organic magnetoresistance devices based on weak, non-hydrogen-bonded interactions in molecular crystals.
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- Patrick Commins
- Smart Materials Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi PO Box 129188 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University P. Bag X1 Matieland 7602 Republic of South Africa
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- Smart Materials Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi PO Box 129188 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
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- Bruker K.K. 3-9, Moriya, Kanagawa Yokohama Kanagawa 221-0022 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University P. Bag X1 Matieland 7602 Republic of South Africa
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- Smart Materials Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi PO Box 129188 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
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Hema K, Ravi A, Raju C, Pathan JR, Rai R, Sureshan KM. Topochemical polymerizations for the solid-state synthesis of organic polymers. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:4062-4099. [PMID: 33543741 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00840k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Topochemical polymerizations are solid-state reactions driven by the alignment of monomers in the crystalline state. The molecular confinement in the monomer crystal lattice offers precise control over the tacticity, packing and crystallinity of the polymer formed in the topochemical reaction. As topochemical reactions occur under solvent- and catalyst-free conditions, giving products in high yield and selectivity/specificity that do not require tedious chromatographic purification, topochemical polymerizations are highly attractive over traditional solution-phase polymer synthesis. By this method, polymers having sophisticated structures and desired topologies can be availed. Often, such ordered packing confers attractive properties to the topochemically-synthesized polymers. Diverse categories of topochemical polymerizations are known, such as polymerizations via [2+2], [4+4], [4+2], and [3+2] cycloadditions, and polymerization of diynes, triynes, dienes, trienes, and quinodimethanes, each of which proceed under suitable stimuli like heat, light or pressure. Each class of these reactions requires a unique packing arrangement of the corresponding monomers for the smooth reaction and produces polymers with distinct properties. This review is penned with the intent of bringing all the types of topochemical polymerizations into a single platform and communicating the versatility of these lattice-controlled polymerizations. We present a brief history of the development of each category and comprehensively review the topochemical synthesis of fully-organic polymers reported in the last twenty years, particularly in crystals. We mainly focus on the various molecular designs and crystal engineering strategies adopted to align monomers in a suitable orientation for polymerization. Finally, we analyze the current challenges and future perspectives in this research field.
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- Kuntrapakam Hema
- School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695551, India.
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- School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695551, India.
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- School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695551, India.
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- School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695551, India.
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- School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695551, India.
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- School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695551, India.
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Tong F, Kitagawa D, Bushnak I, Al-Kaysi RO, Bardeen CJ. Light-Powered Autonomous Flagella-Like Motion of Molecular Crystal Microwires. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:2414-2423. [PMID: 33185017 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202012417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The ability to exhibit life-like oscillatory motion fueled by light represents a new capability for stimuli-responsive materials. Although this capability has been demonstrated in soft materials like polymers, it has never been observed in molecular crystals, which are not generally regarded as dynamic objects. In this work, it is shown that molecular crystalline microwires composed of (Z)-2-(3-(anthracen-9-yl)allylidene)malononitrile ((Z)-DVAM) can be continuously actuated when exposed to a combination of ultraviolet and visible light. The photo-induced motion mimics the oscillatory behavior of biological flagella and enables propagation of microwires across a surface and through liquids, with translational speeds up to 7 μm s-1 . This is the first example of molecular crystals that show complex oscillatory behavior under continuous irradiation. A model that relates the rotation of the transition dipole moment between reversible E→Z photoisomerization to the microscopic torque can qualitatively reproduce how the rotational frequency depends on light intensity and polarization.
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- Fei Tong
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, 501 Big Springs Road, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.,Current Address: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- College of Science and Health Professions, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, (Nanomedicine), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, 11426, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- College of Science and Health Professions, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, (Nanomedicine), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, 11426, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, 501 Big Springs Road, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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Dynamic macroscopic behaviour of single crystals of coordination polymers when subjected to light, heat, and mechanical force.
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543
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Higashiguchi T, Kitagawa D, Kobatake S. Anisotropic bending and twisting behaviour of a twin crystal composed of a diarylethene. CrystEngComm 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ce01705a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The unusual photomechanical behaviour of a “twin crystal” consisting of a diarylethene derivative was investigated.
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- Takuya Higashiguchi
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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Ishizaki K, Sugimoto R, Hagiwara Y, Koshima H, Taniguchi T, Asahi T. Actuation performance of a photo-bending crystal modeled by machine learning-based regression. CrystEngComm 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ce00208b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The bending deflection and blocking force of photo-bending crystals of different sizes were experimentally measured at various light intensities, and then modeled by the machine learning-based regression.
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- Kazuki Ishizaki
- Department of Advanced Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- Research Organization for Nano & Life Innovation, Waseda University, 513 Wasedatsurumaki-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0041, Japan
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- Center for Data Science, Waseda University, 1-6-1 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0042, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
- Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
- Research Organization for Nano & Life Innovation, Waseda University, 513 Wasedatsurumaki-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0041, Japan
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Shu Y, Ye K, Yue Y, Sun J, Wang H, Zhong J, Yang X, Gao H, Lu R. Fluorine as a robust balancer for tuning the reactivity of topo-photoreactions of chalcones and the photomechanical effects of molecular crystals. CrystEngComm 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ce00086a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The higher the number of fluorine atoms, the higher the topological photo-induced [2 + 2] cycloaddition reactivity of chalcones.
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- Yuanhong Shu
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China
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Gately TJ, Sontising W, Easley CJ, Islam I, Al-Kaysi RO, Beran GJO, Bardeen CJ. Effect of halogen substitution on energies and dynamics of reversible photomechanical crystals based on 9-anthracenecarboxylic acid. CrystEngComm 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ce00846c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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A combined experimental/computational analysis of photomechanical anthracene derivatives reveals their kinetic behavior is not simply related to the monomer-photodimer energetics.
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- Thomas J. Gately
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- College of Science and Health Professions, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Nanomedicine), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh 11426, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- College of Science and Health Professions, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Nanomedicine), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh 11426, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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Congrave DG, Drummond BH, Gray V, Bond AD, Rao A, Friend RH, Bronstein H. Suppressing aggregation induced quenching in anthracene based conjugated polymers. Polym Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1py00118c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We demonstrate an anthracene based conjugated polymer with a solid state PLQY that is effectively unchanged compared to solution measurements, alongside an identical PL 0–0 transition wavelength in solution and thin film.
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- Cavendish Laboratory
- University of Cambridge
- Cambridge
- UK
- Department of Chemistry – Ångström Laboratory
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Cambridge
- Cambridge
- UK
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- Cavendish Laboratory
- University of Cambridge
- Cambridge
- UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Cambridge
- Cambridge
- UK
- Cavendish Laboratory
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Gamidi RK, Dandawate M, Tothadi S, Choudhury R, Nangia AK, Reddy DS. Separation of a diastereomeric diol pair using the mechanical properties of crystals. CrystEngComm 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ce01055g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The visually indistinguishable acicular crystals of a (2S,3R/S)-3-ethyl-1-phenylhex-5-ene-2,3-diol (ephd) diastereomeric pair are separated via the mechanical response based on elastic (2S,3R, right) and brittle (2S,3S, left) crystals.
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- Rama Krishna Gamidi
- Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, India
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- Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, India
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- Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, India
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- Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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- Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, India
- School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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Tong F, Kitagawa D, Bushnak I, Al‐Kaysi RO, Bardeen CJ. Light‐Powered Autonomous Flagella‐Like Motion of Molecular Crystal Microwires. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202012417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Fei Tong
- Department of Chemistry University of California, Riverside 501 Big Springs Road Riverside CA 92521 USA
- Current Address: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering Osaka City University 3-3-138 Sugimoto Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka 558-8585 Japan
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- College of Science and Health Professions King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, (Nanomedicine) Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs Riyadh 11426 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- College of Science and Health Professions King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, (Nanomedicine) Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs Riyadh 11426 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Riverside 501 Big Springs Road Riverside CA 92521 USA
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Chalek KR, Dong X, Tong F, Kudla RA, Zhu L, Gill AD, Xu W, Yang C, Hartman JD, Magalhães A, Al-Kaysi RO, Hayward RC, Hooley RJ, Beran GJO, Bardeen CJ, Mueller LJ. Bridging photochemistry and photomechanics with NMR crystallography: the molecular basis for the macroscopic expansion of an anthracene ester nanorod. Chem Sci 2020; 12:453-463. [PMID: 34163608 PMCID: PMC8178812 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc05118g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Crystals composed of photoreactive molecules represent a new class of photomechanical materials with the potential to generate large forces on fast timescales. An example is the photodimerization of 9-tert-butyl-anthracene ester (9TBAE) in molecular crystal nanorods that leads to an average elongation of 8%. Previous work showed that this expansion results from the formation of a metastable crystalline product. In this article, it is shown how a novel combination of ensemble oriented-crystal solid-state NMR, X-ray diffraction, and first principles computational modeling can be used to establish the absolute unit cell orientations relative to the shape change, revealing the atomic-resolution mechanism for the photomechanical response and enabling the construction of a model that predicts an elongation of 7.4%, in good agreement with the experimental value. According to this model, the nanorod expansion does not result from an overall change in the volume of the unit cell, but rather from an anisotropic rearrangement of the molecular contents. The ability to understand quantitatively how molecular-level photochemistry generates mechanical displacements allows us to predict that the expansion could be tuned from +9% to -9.5% by controlling the initial orientation of the unit cell with respect to the nanorod axis. This application of NMR-assisted crystallography provides a new tool capable of tying the atomic-level structural rearrangement of the reacting molecular species to the mechanical response of a nanostructured sample.
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- Kevin R Chalek
- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Riverside Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Riverside Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Riverside Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Riverside Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Riverside Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of California-Riverside Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder 3415 Colorado Ave. Boulder CO 80303 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Riverside Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Riverside Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro RJ 21941-909 Brazil
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- College of Science and Health Professions-3124, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs Riyadh 11426 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder 3415 Colorado Ave. Boulder CO 80303 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Riverside Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Riverside Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Riverside Riverside CA 92521 USA
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Fujimoto A, Fujinaga N, Nishimura R, Hatano E, Kono L, Nagai A, Sekine A, Hattori Y, Kojima Y, Yasuda N, Morimoto M, Yokojima S, Nakamura S, Feringa BL, Uchida K. Photoinduced swing of a diarylethene thin broad sword shaped crystal: a study on the detailed mechanism. Chem Sci 2020; 11:12307-12315. [PMID: 34094438 PMCID: PMC8162954 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc05388k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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We report a swinging motion of photochromic thin broad sword shaped crystals upon continuous irradiation with UV light. By contrast in thick crystals, photosalient phenomena were observed. The bending and swinging mechanisms are in fact due to molecular size changes as well as phase transitions. The first slight bending away from the light source is due to photocyclization-induced surface expansion, and the second dramatic bending toward UV incidence is due to single-crystal-to-single-crystal (SCSC) phase transition from the original phase I to phase IIUV. Upon visible light irradiation, the crystal returned to phase I. A similar SCSC phase transition with a similar volume decrease occurred by lowering the temperature (phase IIItemp). For both photoinduced and thermal SCSC phase transitions, the symmetry of the unit cell is lowered; in phase IIUV the twisting angle of disordered phenyl groups is different between two adjacent molecules, while in phase IIItemp, the population of the phenyl rotamer is different between adjacent molecules. In the case of phase IIUV, we found thickness dependent photosalient phenomena. The thin broad sword shaped crystals with a 3 μm thickness showed no photosalient phenomena, whereas photoinduced SCSC phase transition occurred. In contrast, large crystals of several tens of μm thickness showed photosalient phenomena on the irradiated surface where SCSC phase transition occurred. The results indicated that the accumulated strain, between isomerized and non-isomerized layers, gave rise to the photosalient phenomenon.
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- Ayako Fujimoto
- Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Ryukoku University Seta Otsu Shiga 520-2194 Japan +81-77-543-7483 +81-77-543-7462
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Ryukoku University Seta Otsu Shiga 520-2194 Japan +81-77-543-7483 +81-77-543-7462
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Ryukoku University Seta Otsu Shiga 520-2194 Japan +81-77-543-7483 +81-77-543-7462
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Ryukoku University Seta Otsu Shiga 520-2194 Japan +81-77-543-7483 +81-77-543-7462
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Ryukoku University Seta Otsu Shiga 520-2194 Japan +81-77-543-7483 +81-77-543-7462
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Ryukoku University Seta Otsu Shiga 520-2194 Japan +81-77-543-7483 +81-77-543-7462
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology Ookayama 2-12-1, Meguro-ku Tokyo 152-8551 Japan
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Ryukoku University Seta Otsu Shiga 520-2194 Japan +81-77-543-7483 +81-77-543-7462
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- Materials Characterization Laboratory, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku Yokohama 227-8502 Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun Hyogo 679-5198 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center for Smart Molecules, Rikkyo University Nishi-Ikebukuro 3-34-1, Toshima-ku Tokyo 171-8501 Japan
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- Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science Horino-uchi 1432-1, Hachioji Tokyo 192-0392 Japan
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- Nakamura Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Science, Technology and Innovation Hub 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako Saitama 351-0198 Japan
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands +31-50-363-4296
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Ryukoku University Seta Otsu Shiga 520-2194 Japan +81-77-543-7483 +81-77-543-7462
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Lansakara TI, Tong F, Bardeen CJ, Tivanski AV. Mechanical Properties and Photomechanical Fatigue of Macro- and Nanodimensional Diarylethene Molecular Crystals. NANO LETTERS 2020; 20:6744-6749. [PMID: 32822202 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c02631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The diarylethene derivative, 1,2-bis(2,4-dimethyl-5-phenyl-3-thienyl)perfluorocyclopentene, undergoes a reversible photoisomerization between its ring-open and ring-closed forms in the solid-state and has applications as a photomechanical material. Mechanical properties of macrocrystals, nanowire single crystals, and amorphous films as a function of multiple sequential UV and visible light exposures have been quantified using atomic force microscopy nanoindentation. The isomerization reaction has no effect on the elastic modulus of each solid. But going from the macro- to the nanowire crystal results in a remarkable over 3-fold decrease in the elastic modulus. The macrocrystal and amorphous solids are highly resistant to photomechanical fatigue, while nanowire crystals show clear evidence of photomechanical fatigue attributed to a transition from crystal to amorphous forms. This study provides first experimental evidence of size-dependent photomechanical fatigue in photoreactive molecular crystalline solids and suggests crystal morphology and size must be considered for future photomechanical applications.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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