Controlling Mechano- and Seeding-Triggered Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Phase Transition: Molecular Domino with a Disconnection of Aurophilic Bonds

摘要

Organic and organometallic materials with mechano-respon-sive properties have been intensively studied because these materials can potentially be used in various applications such as photodevices, sensors, probes, and memory devices. These responses generally depend on structure alteration upon a mechanical stimulus. The most important but still unexplored feature of these materials is an explanation of how the mechanical force at the bulk scale affects the molecular structure. Additionally, it is desirable to develop a new material using detailed structure information obtained from the mechano-responsive behavior.