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How elastically flexible can molecular crystals be? – a new record

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: = 39.8 ± 15.6 MPa), as determined by single crystal nanoindentation, along with the high plasticity of the bulk powder observed in in-die Heckel analysis.

Source: Chemical Science

Authors: Zhengzheng Zhou, Vikram Chandrashekhar Joshi, Yiwang Guo, Tianyi Xiang, Zijian Wang, Changquan Calvin Sun

Institutions: University of Minnesota, Southern Medical University

Language: English

Topic: Crystallography and molecular interactions

Subfield: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Field: Chemistry

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Science Foundation, University of Minnesota, Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Harvard University, Division of Materials Research

Awards: MRI: Acquisition of a single-crystal diffractometer for the University of Minnesota, G7193017968, IUCRC Phase I UMN: Center for Integrated Material Science and Engineering of Pharmaceutical Products (CIMSEPP)

OpenAlex ID: W4408701163

FWCI: 3.101

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Cited by: 7

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