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
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