Multi-stimuli responsive organic polymorphic crystals: anisotropic elasticity and plasticity, mechanochromism and photomechanical motions
Zhicheng Jiang, Hongtu Zhao, Wenbo Wu, Kui Chen, Hui Yu, Ting Wang, Xin Huang, Na Wang, Lina Zhou, Hongxun Hao
Abstract
The development of organic crystals responsive to multiple external stimuli (mechanical force, light and heat) as potential smart materials is always compelling but challenging.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceAnisotropyPlasticitySmart materialElasticity (physics)NanotechnologyComposite materialOpticsPhysicsLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsPolydiacetylene-based materials and applicationsPhotochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry