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CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL
Volume 11, Issue 11, Pages 1682-1687Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201600425
Keywords
8-hydroxyquinoline; co-crystals; mechano-response; phase transition; single-crystal-to-single-crystal
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51321091, 51227002, 51272129]
- Program of Introducing Talents of Disciplines to Universities in China (111 program) [b06015]
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Mechano-induced single-crystal-to-single-crystal (SCSC) phase transitions in crystalline materials that change their properties have received more and more attention. However, there are still too few examples to study molecular-level mechanisms in the mechano-induced SCSC phase transitions, making the systematic and in-depth understanding very difficult. We report that bis(8-hydroxyquinolinato) palladium(II)-tetracyanoquinodimethane (PdQ(2)-TCNQ) and bis-(8-hydroxyquinolinato) copper(II)-tetracyanoquinodimethane (CuQ(2)-TCNQ) show very different mechano-response behaviors during the SCSC phase transition. Phase transition in CuQ(2)-TCNQ can be triggered by pricking on the crystal surface, while in PdQ(2)-TCNQ it can only be induced by applying pressure uniformly over the whole crystal face. The crystallography data and Hirshfeld surface analysis indicate that the weak intra-layer C-H center dot center dot center dot O, C-H center dot center dot center dot N hydrogen bonds and interlayer stacking interactions determine the feasibility of the SCSC phase transition by mechanical stimuli. Weaker intralayer interactions and looser inter-layer stacking make the SCSC phase transition occur much more easily in the CuQ(2)-TCNQ.
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