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Oriented Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Phase Transition with Dramatic Changes in the Dimensions of Crystals

State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, P. R. China
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (2), pp 590–593
DOI: 10.1021/ja4102634
Publication Date (Web): December 27, 2013
Copyright © 2013 American Chemical Society

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We report here a new polymorph of cocrystal CuQ2-TCNQ that shows an oriented single-crystal-to-single-crystal phase transition along its a-axis at ambient conditions. Upon mechanical stimulation, it converts into another polymorph accompanied by almost doubling its length and halving its thickness. Our crystallographic studies indicate the dramatic changes in crystal dimensions resulted from the prominent changes of molecular stacking patterns. A reasonable mechanism for the phenomenon was proposed on the basis of the structural, microscopic, and thermal analysis.

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Experimental details, Figures S1–S7, Tables S1 and S2, and Movies S1 and S2. This material is available free of charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org.

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