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Fast photoactuation of elastic crystals based on 3-(naphthalen-1-yl)-2-phenylacrylonitriles triggered by subtle photoisomerization

Cheng Liu, Kaiqi Ye, Zhonglin Wei, Jiang Peng, Huan Xiao, Jingbo Sun, Ran Lu

2022Journal of Materials Chemistry C47 citationsDOI

Abstract

The subtle photoisomerization of diarylacrylonitrile crystals can trigger rapid and significant mechanical motion, during which the crystal integrity is retained, favoring reversible bending and unbending for more than 100 times without fatigue.

Topics & Concepts

PhotoisomerizationMaterials scienceBendingCrystal (programming language)PhotochemistryComposite materialIsomerizationCrystallographyOptoelectronicsCatalysisChemistryOrganic chemistryProgramming languageComputer sciencePhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsCrystallography and molecular interactions
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