Emergent piezoelectricity as the driving force for mechanoluminescence in crystals of atomically precise copper nanoclusters

H Hao Li Y Yuping Chen Y Ying Xu Y Yanming Liu Q Qing Tang X Xi Kang (Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials) M Manzhou Zhu (Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials)

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 1, Issue 1
Published July 15, 2026
ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher Nature Portfolio

Journal Info

Nature Communications

Nature Portfolio

ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Life Sciences

Authors (7)

H

Hao Li

Y

Yuping Chen

Y

Ying Xu

Y

Yanming Liu

Q

Qing Tang

X

Xi Kang

Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials

M

Manzhou Zhu

Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials