Mechanically interlocked architecture aids an ultra-stiff and ultra-hard elastically bendable cocrystal
oleh: Somnath Dey, Susobhan Das, Surojit Bhunia, Rituparno Chowdhury, Amit Mondal, Biswajit Bhattacharya, Ramesh Devarapalli, Nobuhiro Yasuda, Taro Moriwaki, Kapil Mandal, Goutam Dev Mukherjee, C. Malla Reddy
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2019-08-01 |
Deskripsi
Molecular crystals are typically less stiff than metals or ceramics. Here the authors report an organic elastically bendable co-crystal with stiffness comparable to low-density metals, hardness similar to stainless steel and reveal the molecular mechanism which lead to these mechanical properties.