Designing Dual Mechanical Response in Molecular Crystals through Cocrystallization

Madhumathi Lakshmipathi, Somnath Dey, Franziska Emmerling, Biswajit Bhattacharya*, Adam A.L. Michalchuk*, Soumyajit Ghosh*

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Abstract

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

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6838-6843
Number of pages6
JournalCrystal Growth and Design
Volume22
Issue number12
Early online date8 Nov 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Dec 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
S.G. thanks the DST-SERB for a Core Research Grant (File No. CRG/2020/000885) and the CSIR for an Extra Mural Research Grant (File No. 01(3078)/21/EMR-II). B.B. acknowledges funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Project No. 450137475. The authors thank BAM IT (Div. Z4) for access to computational resources. S.D. acknowledges funding from the Alexander von Humboldt foundation.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American Chemical Society.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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