Crystal engineering: from molecule to crystal

GR Desiraju - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013 - ACS Publications
How do molecules aggregate in solution, and how do these aggregates consolidate
themselves in crystals? What is the relationship between the structure of a molecule and the …

Design strategy for improving optical and electrical properties and stability of lead-halide semiconductors

C Sun, G Xu, XM Jiang, GE Wang, PY Guo… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Broad absorption, long-lived photogenerated carriers, high conductance, and high stability
are all required for a light absorber toward its real application on solar cells. Inorganic …

Photoinduced Electron‐Transfer (PIET) Strategy for Selective Adsorption of CO2 over C2H2 in a MOF

LZ Cai, ZZ Yao, SJ Lin, MS Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Similarities in sizes, shapes, and physical properties between carbon dioxide (CO2) and
acetylene (C2H2) make it a great challenge to separate the major impurity CO2 from …

Single‐Component Photochromic Smart Semiconductor with Photoswitchable Fast Bidirectional Electron Transfer

XQ Yu, MS Wang, GC Guo - Advanced Functional Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction of photochromic properties into semiconductors confers semiconductors with
smart behaviors, color‐related applications, and new modulation approaches …

Reversible Luminescent Switching in an Organic Cocrystal: Multi‐Stimuli‐Induced Crystal‐to‐Crystal Phase Transformation

Y Liu, A Li, S Xu, W Xu, Y Liu, W Tian… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A luminescent cocrystal system is reported to undergo crystal‐to‐crystal phase
transformation from yellow‐emitting polymorph I to green‐emitting polymorph II, triggered by …

Squid‐Inspired Anti‐Salt Skin‐Like Elastomers With Superhigh Damage Resistance for Aquatic Soft Robots

C Chu, W Sun, S Chen, Y Jia, Y Ni, S Wang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cephalopod skins evolve multiple functions in response to environmental adaptation,
encompassing nonlinear mechanoreponse, damage tolerance property, and resistance to …

Directed self-assembly of viologen-based 2D semiconductors with intrinsic UV–SWIR photoresponse after photo/thermo activation

XQ Yu, C Sun, BW Liu, MS Wang, GC Guo - Nature Communications, 2020 - nature.com
Extending photoresponse ranges of semiconductors to the entire ultraviolet–visible (UV)–
shortwave near-infrared (SWIR) region (ca. 200–3000 nm) is highly desirable to reduce …

Multi-stimuli responsive fluorescence switching: the reversible piezochromism and protonation effect of a divinylanthracene derivative

Y Dong, J Zhang, X Tan, L Wang, J Chen… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
A novel divinylanthracene derivative 9, 10-bis ((E)-2-(pyridin-4-yl) vinyl) anthracene
(BP4VA) was synthesized and its two polymorphs with different crystal structures were …

Visible colorimetric dosimetry of UV and ionizing radiations by a dual-module photochromic nanocluster

H Lu, J **e, XY Wang, Y Wang, ZJ Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Radiation dosimeters displaying conspicuous response of irradiance are highly desirable,
owing to the growing demand of monitoring high-energy radiation and environmental …

Stimuli-chromic multi-component smart organic materials

Q Zhou, X Zhang, L Ning, Y Song, Y Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Multi-component smart organic materials (MCSOMs) with stimuli-chromic behaviors have
attracted significant attention due to their easily switchable photophysical properties and …