Robust thermoelastic microactuator based on an organic molecular crystal

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
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spelling doaj-cd55f0bc04504b2b8592e479566614cb2021-05-11T11:26:40ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232019-10-011011810.1038/s41467-019-12601-yRobust thermoelastic microactuator based on an organic molecular crystalYulong Duan0Sergey Semin1Paul Tinnemans2Herma Cuppen3Jialiang Xu4Theo Rasing5Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM)Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM)Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM)Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM)School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, Nankai UniversityRadboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM)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 heating due to a structural phase transition.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12601-y
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Robust thermoelastic microactuator based on an organic molecular crystal
Nature Communications
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title Robust thermoelastic microactuator based on an organic molecular crystal
title_short Robust thermoelastic microactuator based on an organic molecular crystal
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title_full_unstemmed Robust thermoelastic microactuator based on an organic molecular crystal
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publishDate 2019-10-01
description 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 heating due to a structural phase transition.
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