title: Dynamic single crystals: kinematic analysis of photoinduced crystal jumping (the photosalient effect).
abstract: Crystals on the move: If they are subjected to a strong light stimulus, crystals of the cobalt coordination compound [Co(NH3)5(NO2)]Cl(NO3) undergo sudden jumps and leap over distances 10(2)-10(5) times their own size to release the strain that accumulates in their interior. The first quantitative kinematic analysis of this phenomenon is reported. The observed effect could be employed for actuation on the macroscopic scale.
authors.affiliation: New York University Abu Dhabi, PO Box 129188, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). pance.naumov@nyu.edu.
authors.forename: Panče
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Naumov
authors.forename: Subash Chandra
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Sahoo
authors.forename: Boris A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Zakharov
authors.forename: Elena V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Boldyreva
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D003460:Crystallization; D007700:Kinetics; D008027:Light; D056004:Molecular Dynamics Simulation
keywords: actuators; biomimetic materials; isomers; jumping crystals; mechanical effects