title: Highly branched photomechanical crystals.
abstract: When a suspension of the tert-butyl ester of 4-fluoroanthracene-9-carboxylic acid (4F9AC) was slowly hydrolyzed, highly branched photomechanical microcrystals of 4F9AC were grown. Exposure to UV light caused the branches to undergo a reversible sweeping motion that could be used to move and concentrate silica microspheres on a surface.
authors.affiliation: College of Science and Health Professions-3124, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh 11426, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. kaysir@ksau-hs.edu.sa rabihalkaysi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rabih O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Al-Kaysi
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, 501 Big Springs Road, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. christopher.bardeen@ucr.edu.
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.affiliation: College of Science and Health Professions-3124, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh 11426, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. kaysir@ksau-hs.edu.sa rabihalkaysi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Maram
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Haidar
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, 501 Big Springs Road, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. christopher.bardeen@ucr.edu.
authors.forename: Lingyan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, 501 Big Springs Road, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. christopher.bardeen@ucr.edu.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2103-5336
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Bardeen