Compression of a Flapping Mechanophore Accompanied by Thermal Void Collapse in a Crystalline Phase
摘要:
Mechanical control of the molecular energy landscape is an important issue in modern materials science. Mechanophores play a unique role in that the mechanical responses are induced against the activation barrier for intramolecular transformation with the aid of external forces. Here we report an unprecedented activation process of a flexible flapping mechanophore. Namely, thermal void collapse in a crystalline phase triggers mechanophore compression in a definite proportion. Unfavored conformational planarization of the flapping mechanophore is compulsorily induced by packing force, leading to a total energy gain in crystal packing. Fluorescence chromism indicates extended pi conjugation resulting from the mechanophore compression, giving rise to an energy transfer from the unpressed to compressed conformers.
Compression of a Flapping Mechanophore Accompanied by Thermal Void Collapse in a Crystalline Phase
摘要:
Mechanical control of the molecular energy landscape is an important issue in modern materials science. Mechanophores play a unique role in that the mechanical responses are induced against the activation barrier for intramolecular transformation with the aid of external forces. Here we report an unprecedented activation process of a flexible flapping mechanophore. Namely, thermal void collapse in a crystalline phase triggers mechanophore compression in a definite proportion. Unfavored conformational planarization of the flapping mechanophore is compulsorily induced by packing force, leading to a total energy gain in crystal packing. Fluorescence chromism indicates extended pi conjugation resulting from the mechanophore compression, giving rise to an energy transfer from the unpressed to compressed conformers.
Mechanical control of the molecular energy landscape is an important issue in modern materials science. Mechanophores play a unique role in that the mechanical responses are induced against the activation barrier for intramolecular transformation with the aid of external forces. Here we report an unprecedented activation process of a flexible flapping mechanophore. Namely, thermal void collapse in a crystalline phase triggers mechanophore compression in a definite proportion. Unfavored conformational planarization of the flapping mechanophore is compulsorily induced by packing force, leading to a total energy gain in crystal packing. Fluorescence chromism indicates extended pi conjugation resulting from the mechanophore compression, giving rise to an energy transfer from the unpressed to compressed conformers.