Symmetry, Volume 12, Issue 9
2020 September - 198 articles
Cover Story: Photomechanical molecular crystals can convert light energy to mechanical energy directly with large elastic moduli, energy densities, and fast response times. The responses are the result of diverse symmetry breaking due to photoirradiation. The picture illustrates photoinduced expansion and contraction, bending, twisting, and rachet-like rotational motion. The ability of these high-symmetry structures to undergo symmetry breaking motion will continue to generate new science and new technological applications for organic crystalline materials. View this paper. - Issues are regarded as officially published after their release is announced to the table of contents alert mailing list .
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