Crystal Clear bends the rules!
In this CrystEngComm Highlight article C. Malla Reddy and coworkers present an overview of very recent advances in the understanding of structure-mechanical property correlations in molecular crystals, including these extraordinary images showing a C6Cl6 crystal bending:
C6Cl6 Crystal Bending
Images adapted with permission from C. Malla Reddy et al., Crystal Growth & Design, 2006, 6, 2720. Copyright 2006 American Chemical Society.
Mechanical properties of molecular crystals—applications to crystal engineering
C. Malla Reddy, G. Rama Krishna and Soumyajit Ghosh, CrystEngComm, 2010, 12, 2296
DOI: 10.1039/c003466e
