Photoswitchable Flexible-Brittle Transition with Reversible Cracking and Healing in a Photochromic Crystal

R Ryo Nishimura (Department of Chemistry and Research Center for Smart Molecules, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan) J Jun Fukuchi (Graduate School of Science, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan) Y Yuichi Hirai (National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan) T Takahito Ohmura (National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan) H Haruki Sugiyama (Neutron Industrial Application Promotion Center, Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and Society, 162-1, Tokai, Naka, Ibaraki 319-1106, Japan) M Masakazu Morimoto (Department of Chemistry and Research Center for Smart Molecules, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan)

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 148, Issue 17
Published May 06, 2026
Pages 17958-17966
ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher American Chemical Society

Journal Info

Journal of the American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society

ISSN: 0002-7863 Physical Sciences

Authors (6)

R

Ryo Nishimura

Department of Chemistry and Research Center for Smart Molecules, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan

J

Jun Fukuchi

Graduate School of Science, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan

Y

Yuichi Hirai

National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan

T

Takahito Ohmura

National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan

H

Haruki Sugiyama

Neutron Industrial Application Promotion Center, Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and Society, 162-1, Tokai, Naka, Ibaraki 319-1106, Japan

M

Masakazu Morimoto

Department of Chemistry and Research Center for Smart Molecules, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan