Mechanically-sensitive fluorochromism by molecular domino transformation in a Schiff base crystal

Mechanically-sensitive fluorochromism by molecular domino transformation in a Schiff base crystal

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

10.1039/D4TC00406J

http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4tc00406j

Toshiyuki Sasaki, Takanori Nakane, Akihiro Kawamoto, Yakai Zhao, Yushi Fujimoto, Tomohiro Nishizawa, Nabadeep Kalita, Seiji Tsuzuki, Fuyuki Ito, Upadrasta Ramamurty, Ranjit Thakuria, Genji Kurisu

31 May 2024

Sasaki, T., Nakane, T., Kawamoto, A., Zhao, Y., Fujimoto, Y., Nishizawa, T., Kalita, N., Tsuzuki, S., Ito, F., Ramamurty, U., Thakuria, R., & Kurisu, G. (2024). Mechanically-sensitive fluorochromism by molecular domino transformation in a Schiff base crystal. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 12(23), 8508–8513. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4tc00406j

Fluorochromism induced by a force as low as 1 μN is demonstrated in a Schiff base crystal via molecular domino transformation. Its transformation mechanism was elucidated by combining MicroED with ‘painting’ crystallization.

Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

This research / project is supported by the JSPS KAKENHI - N/A
Grant Reference no. : 22K05054

This research / project is supported by the AMED - Research Support Project for Life Science and Drug Discovery (BINDS)
Grant Reference no. : JP22ama121001

This research / project is supported by the Science and Engineering Research Board - Teachers Associateship for Research Excellence (TARE) grant
Grant Reference no. : TAR/2021/000251

https://oar.a-star.edu.sg/communities-collections/articles/20432

2050-7526
2050-7534

Institute of Materials Research and Engineering

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/tc/d4tc00406j