title: Photomechanical bending of salicylideneaniline crystals.
abstract: Platelike microcrystals of N-3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylidene-3-nitroaniline repeatedly bend and straighten upon alternate irradiation with UV and visible light. The mechanism of bending was elucidated by X-ray crystallographic analyses before and after photoirradiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan. koshima.hideko.mk@ehime-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hideko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koshima
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takechi
authors.forename: Hidetaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uchimoto
authors.forename: Motoo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shiro
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hashizume