Pressure-induced superelastic behaviour of isonicotinamide

Jones, Eleanor and Bebiano, Suse S. and Ward, Martin R. and Bimbo, Luis M. and Oswald, Iain D.H. (2021) Pressure-induced superelastic behaviour of isonicotinamide. Chemical Communications, 57 (89). pp. 11827-11830. ISSN 1359-7345 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CC04692F)

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Abstract

Dynamic organic crystals have come to the fore as potential lightweight alternatives to inorganic actuators providing high weight-to-force ratios. We have observed pressure-induced superelastic behaviour in Form I of isonicotinamide. The reversible single-crystal to single-crystal transformation exhibited by the system is an important component for functioning actuators. Crucially, our observations have enabled us to propose a mechanism for the molecular movement supported by Pixel energy calculations, that may pave the way for the future design and development of functioning dynamic crystals.

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Jones, Eleanor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3926-6493, Bebiano, Suse S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7294-134X, Ward, Martin R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0013-5004, Bimbo, Luis M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8876-8297 and Oswald, Iain D.H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4339-9392;
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