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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 137, Issue 43, Pages 13866-13875Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b07806
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- New York University
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The increasing number of reports on photomechanical effects in molecular crystals necessitates systematic studies to understand the intrinsic and external effectors that determine and have predictive power of their type and magnitude. Differential light absorption and product gradient between the surface and the bulk of the crystal are often invoked to qualitatively explain the mechanical response of crystals to light; however, the details on how this difference in photochemical response accounts for macroscopic effects such as surface modification, deformation, or disintegration of crystals are yet to be established. Using both bulk- and surface-sensitive analytical techniques, a rare instance of benzylidenefuranone crystals is studied here, and it is capable of several distinct types of photomechanical response including surface striation and delamination, photosalient effect (ballistic disintegration and motion), and photoinduced bending by dimerization. The results provide a holistic view on these effects and set the stage for the development of overarching theoretical models to describe the photomechanics in the ordered solid state.
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