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Mechanically flexible crystals of cadmium(II) coordination polymers

Mechanically responsive crystals have recently attracted the attention of a wide scientific community, but the origin of this remarkable crystal behaviour is still unclear. This thesis provides a systematic study of mechanically induced crystal flexibility on a series of one- dimensional crystalline cadmium(II) coordination polymers, which provided a valuable dataset of different structural architectures, morphologies, and an unexpectedly wide range of variable mechanical responses. A detailed and systematic correlation of the structural features and mechanical responses using advanced experimental and computational methods, provided a deeper insight into the origin and mechanism of mechanically induced flexibility. It was shown that the relative strength and directionality of intermolecular interactions are one of the key parameters in delivering a specific mechanical response. Thorough research emphasized further importance of the direction-dependent responses, and obtained results provided a fruitful avenue of potential practical applications.

coordination polymers ; flexible crystals ; intermolecular interactions ; mechanically induced response

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