Communications Chemistry (Jan 2022)

Superelasticity of a photo-actuating chiral salicylideneamine crystal

  • Takuya Taniguchi,
  • Kazuki Ishizaki,
  • Daisuke Takagi,
  • Kazuki Nishimura,
  • Hiroki Shigemune,
  • Masahiro Kuramochi,
  • Yuji C. Sasaki,
  • Hideko Koshima,
  • Toru Asahi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-021-00618-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Stimuli-responsive molecular organic crystals are of interest as actuating materials, but their mechanical responses are often poorly understood. Here, the authors study the photo-triggered phase transition of a chiral salicylideneamine crystal and uncover superelastic behaviour induced by light irradiation.