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Dynamic Single Crystals: Kinematic Analysis of Photoinduced Crystal Jumping (The Photosalient Effect)
Author(s) -
Naumov Panče,
Sahoo Subash Chandra,
Zakharov Boris A.,
Boldyreva Elena V.
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.201303757
Subject(s) - kinematics , jumping , materials science , crystallography , crystal (programming language) , chemical physics , chemistry , physics , classical mechanics , geology , computer science , paleontology , programming language
Crystals on the move : If they are subjected to a strong light stimulus, crystals of the cobalt coordination compound [Co(NH 3 ) 5 ( N O 2 )]Cl(NO 3 ) undergo sudden jumps and leap over distances 10 2 –10 5 times their own size to release the strain that accumulates in their interior. The first quantitative kinematic analysis of this phenomenon is reported. The observed effect could be employed for actuation on the macroscopic scale.