Rapid and reversible photoinduced switching of a rotaxane crystal

Kai-Jen Chen; Ya-Ching Tsai; Yuji Suzaki; Kohtaro Osakada; Atsushi Miura; Masaki Horie

doi:10.1038/ncomms13321

Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

Rapid and reversible photoinduced switching of a rotaxane crystal

Kai-Jen Chen,
Ya-Ching Tsai,
Yuji Suzaki,
Kohtaro Osakada,
Atsushi Miura,
Masaki Horie

Affiliations

Kai-Jen Chen: Department of Chemical Engineering, Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University
Ya-Ching Tsai: Department of Chemical Engineering, Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University
Yuji Suzaki: Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Kohtaro Osakada: Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Atsushi Miura: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University
Masaki Horie: Department of Chemical Engineering, Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13321
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Crystalline phase transition can be used to detect changes in the solid state properties of materials. Here, the authors describe the mechanical response of a crystal composed of ferrocene-containing rotaxane to laser irradiation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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