Robust thermoelastic microactuator based on an organic molecular crystal

Molecular crystals that show a reversible shape change by external stimuli are invaluable for the design of actuators but their strong deformations usually lead to their destruction. Here the authors report a fluorenone derivative showing a strong, reversible and instantaneous shear deformation upon...

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Main Authors: Yulong Duan, Sergey Semin, Paul Tinnemans, Herma Cuppen, Jialiang Xu, Theo Rasing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12601-y