Boron-based stimuli responsive materials

SK Mellerup, S Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Boron-based stimuli responsive systems represent an emerging class of useful materials
with a wide variety of applications. Functions within these boron-doped molecules are …

Mechanically flexible organic crystals achieved by introducing weak interactions in structure: supramolecular shape synthons

GR Krishna, R Devarapalli, G Lal… - Journal of the American …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
Controlling mechanical properties of ordered organic materials remains a formidable
challenge, despite their great potential for high performance mechanical actuators …

Mechanically robust amino acid crystals as fiber-optic transducers and wide bandpass filters for optical communication in the near-infrared

DP Karothu, G Dushaq, E Ahmed, L Catalano… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Organic crystals are emerging as mechanically compliant, light-weight and chemically
versatile alternatives to the commonly used silica and polymer waveguides. However, the …

Multi-stimuli responsive organic polymorphic crystals: anisotropic elasticity and plasticity, mechanochromism and photomechanical motions

Z Jiang, H Zhao, W Wu, K Chen, H Yu… - Journal of Materials …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The development of organic crystals responsive to multiple external stimuli (mechanical
force, light and heat) as potential smart materials is always compelling but challenging …

Shape-memory and self-healing effects in mechanosalient molecular crystals

DP Karothu, J Weston, IT Desta… - Journal of the American …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
The thermosalient crystals of terephthalic acid are extraordinarily mechanically compliant
and reversibly shape-shift between two forms with different crystal habits. While the …

Geometrically reconfigurable, 2D, all‐organic photonic integrated circuits made from two mechanically and optically dissimilar crystals

J Ravi, AV Kumar, DP Karothu… - Advanced Functional …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
With the rising concerns about global cybersecurity, safe data transduction that would be
impervious to cyber attacks necessitates an immediate shift from electron‐based to light …

Exceptionally high work density of a ferroelectric dynamic organic crystal around room temperature

DP Karothu, R Ferreira, G Dushaq, E Ahmed… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Dynamic organic crystals are rapidly gaining traction as a new class of smart materials for
energy conversion, however, they are only capable of very small strokes (< 12%) and most …

[HTML][HTML] Thermosalient amphidynamic molecular machines: Motion at the molecular and macroscopic scales

A Colin-Molina, DP Karothu, MJ Jellen, RA Toscano… - Matter, 2019‏ - cell.com
The supramolecular amphidynamic rotor 1, composed of two carbazole molecules acting as
the stator and a DABCO rotator, exhibits remarkable thermosalience above 316 K. During …

Revealing the origins of mechanically induced fluorescence changes in organic molecular crystals

L Wilbraham, M Louis, D Alberga… - Advanced …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Mechanofluorochromic molecular materials display a change in fluorescence color through
mechanical stress. Complex structure–property relationships in both the crystalline and …

Azobenzene crystal polymorphism enables tunable photoinduced deformations, mechanical behaviors and photoluminescence properties

Y Hao, L Gao, X Zhang, R Wei, T Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Stimuli-responsive molecular crystals are fascinating for their potential as adaptive smart
materials. However, achieving crystals that could respond to multiple stimuli and perform …