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Solvent vapor triggers coordinated molecular motion in microscopic crystals
Newer so-called “soft crystals” can be modified more easily. Now, researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo and the Graduate School of Science, University of Hyogo have used sophisticated instruments to learn much more about these unusual…
Modifying a solid, otherwise known as a phase transition, is complicated and difficult to observe.
Despite these difficulties, researchers have continually attempted to learn more about phase transitions and improve research techniques. This is particularly relevant as certain substances have specialized and important applications in electronics and other technologies based on unique molecular connections. In the study, the researchers studied extremely small crystals of a rhenium complex molecule.
The crystals of various sizes are measured with micrometer resolution, where a micrometer is one…
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