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Light‐Driven Molecular‐Crystal Actuators: Rapid and Reversible Bending of Rodlike Mixed Crystals of Diarylethene Derivatives
Author(s) -
Terao Fumitaka,
Morimoto Masakazu,
Irie Masahiro
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201105585
Subject(s) - diarylethene , photochromism , bending , actuator , curling , crystal (programming language) , irradiation , materials science , component (thermodynamics) , optoelectronics , crystallography , optics , chemistry , computer science , nanotechnology , composite material , physics , artificial intelligence , thermodynamics , nuclear physics , programming language
Limber but strong : Two‐component mixed crystals of diarylethene derivatives exhibit reversible, rapid, and fatigue‐resistant bending upon alternate irradiation with UV and visible light (see picture). The crystals showed reversible curling into a hairpin shape while remaining crystalline.