Energy Conversion in Single‐Crystal‐to‐Single‐Crystal Phase Transition Materials

Y Zheng, X Jia, K Li, J Xu, XH Bu - Advanced Energy Materials, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Single‐crystal‐to‐single‐crystal (SCSC) phase transitions are direct structural
evolutions of crystalline materials in the solid state without the damage of ordering in the …

Screening nature of the van der Waals density functional method: A review and analysis of the many-body physics foundation

P Hyldgaard, Y Jiao, V Shukla - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2020‏ - iopscience.iop.org
We review the screening nature and many-body physics foundation of the van der Waals
density functional (vdW-DF) method [Berland K et al 2015 Rep. Prog. Phys. 78 066501], a …

Multistimuli-responsive dynamic effects in a one-dimensional coordination polymer

BB Rath, M Gupta, JJ Vittal - Chemistry of Materials, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
The development of multistimuli-receptive actuators demands a rational combination of
suitable functionalities. Achieving such actuating properties in a single crystalline material is …

Reversible thermosalience in a one-dimensional coordination polymer preceded by anisotropic thermal expansion and the shape memory effect

BB Rath, G Gallo, RE Dinnebier… - Journal of the American …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Thermally responsive crystals hold great potential for their use as actuating materials by
acting as energy transducers to convert heat energy to mechanical work. Control over …

Rapidly reversible organic crystalline switch for conversion of heat into mechanical energy

M Dharmarwardana, S Pakhira, RP Welch… - Journal of the …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Solid-state thermoelastic behavior—a sudden exertion of an expansive or contractive
physical force following a temperature change and phase transition in a solid-state …

Thermosalience in macrocycle-based soft crystals via anisotropic deformation of disilanyl architecture

K Omoto, T Nakae, M Nishio, Y Yamanoi… - Journal of the …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
We describe here the preparation of soft crystals using disilanyl macrocycle C4 possessing
four p-phenylenes circularly connected by four flexible disilane bonds. Single crystals of C4 …

Robust thermoelastic microactuator based on an organic molecular crystal

Y Duan, S Semin, P Tinnemans, H Cuppen… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
Mechanically responsive molecular crystals that reversibly change shape triggered by
external stimuli are invaluable for the design of actuators for soft robotics, artificial muscles …

Anisotropic strain release in a thermosalient crystal: correlation between the microscopic orientation of molecular rearrangements and the macroscopic mechanical …

T Seki, T Mashimo, H Ito - Chemical Science, 2019‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The salient effect, which refers to a jum** phenomenon of organic and organometallic
molecular crystals typically triggered by phase transitions in response to external stimuli, has …

Elasto-plastic behaviour with reversible thermosalient expansion in acrylonitrile-based organic crystals

D Manoharan, S Ranjan, F Emmerling… - Journal of Materials …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Crystalline materials that exhibit reversible mechanical responses upon exposure to
external stimuli have garnered significant attention owing to their potential applications in …

A theoretical and experimental study on isonitrosoacetophenone nicotinoyl hydrazone: Crystal structure, spectroscopic properties, NBO, NPA and NLMO analyses and …

A Zülfikaroğlu, H Batı, N Dege - Journal of Molecular Structure, 2018‏ - Elsevier
A new hydrazone oxime compound, isonitrosoacetophenone nicotinoyl hydrazone (inapNH
2), was synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic techniques (FT-IR, 1 H-NMR and 13 …