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Photoinduced Bending of a Large Single Crystal of a 1,2‐Bis(4‐pyridyl)ethylene‐Based Pyridinium Salt Powered by a [2+2] Cycloaddition
Author(s) -
Sun JianKe,
Li Wei,
Chen Cheng,
Ren CaiXia,
Pan DanMei,
Zhang Jie
Publication year - 2013
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.201301207
Subject(s) - bending , realization (probability) , salt (chemistry) , ethylene , process (computing) , computer science , cycloaddition , single crystal , molecule , service (business) , materials science , chemistry , crystallography , composite material , organic chemistry , mathematics , business , statistics , marketing , operating system , catalysis
Rolled‐up crystals : Photoinduced bending of large single crystals has been realized based on a simple organic small molecule (see picture). The bending process is accompanied with high visual fluorescence contrast, which is essential for remote detection of photomechanical work.