Issue 41, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Photomechanical bending of salicylideneaniline crystals†

Hideko Koshima,*a   Kyoko Takechi,a   Hidetaka Uchimoto,a   Motoo Shirob  and  Daisuke Hashizumec  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Materials Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan
E-mail: koshima.hideko.mk@ehime-u.ac.jp
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Tel: +81 89 927 8523

b Rigaku Corporation, 3-9-12, Matsubara, Akishima, Tokyo 196-8666, Japan

c Advanced Technology Support Division, RIKEN, 2-1, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan

Abstract

Platelike microcrystals of N-3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylidene-3-nitroaniline repeatedly bend and straighten upon alternate irradiation with UV and visible light. The mechanism of bending was elucidated by X-ray crystallographic analyses before and after photoirradiation.

Graphical abstract: Photomechanical bending of salicylideneaniline crystals

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC14288G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 Jul 2011
Accepted
02 Sep 2011
First published
20 Sep 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 11423-11425

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Photomechanical bending of salicylideneaniline crystals

H. Koshima, K. Takechi, H. Uchimoto, M. Shiro and D. Hashizume, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 11423 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC14288G

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