Mechanically interlocked architecture aids an ultra-stiff and ultra-hard elastically bendable cocrystal

Mechanically interlocked architecture aids an ultra-stiff and ultra-hard elastically bendable cocrystal

Molecular crystals are typically less stiff than metals or ceramics. Here the authors report an organic elastically bendable co-crystal with stiffness comparable to low-density metals, hardness similar to stainless steel and reveal the molecular mechanism which lead to these mechanical properties.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Somnath Dey, Susobhan Das, Surojit Bhunia, Rituparno Chowdhury, Amit Mondal, Biswajit Bhattacharya, Ramesh Devarapalli, Nobuhiro Yasuda, Taro Moriwaki, Kapil Mandal, Goutam Dev Mukherjee, C. Malla Reddy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11657-0

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11657-0

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