{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Parisi E"],"funding":["European Research Council","NextGenerationEU"],"pagination":["14731-14738"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12046552"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["147(17)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Thermosalient transitions are a subset of single-crystal-to-single-crystal (SCSC) transitions, in which the change of lattice parameters is highly anisotropic and very fast. As a result, crystals at the transition undergo macroscopic dynamical effects (hopping, jumping, and shattering). These transitions feature a conversion of heat to mechanical energy that can be exploited in the realization of advanced materials. Most thermosalient transitions are observed at temperatures higher than room temperature. Examples of low-temperature thermosalient transitions are rare. We describe a new example of a low-temperature thermosalient transition in a sexiphenyl compound. At about -40 °C, the parent single crystal (phase I) shatters into single crystal fragments of the new phase (phase II). The two"],"journal":["Journal of the American Chemical Society"],"pubmed_title":["Mechanical Transitions in Crystals: The Low-Temperature Thermosalient Transition of a Mesogenic Polyphenyl."],"pmcid":["PMC12046552"],"funding_grant_id":["949229","E63C22002040007","E53D23009360006"],"pubmed_authors":["Kula P","Parisi E","Gupta S","Simone E","Zarrella S","Centore R","Korter TM","Santagata E","Herman J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Mechanical Transitions in Crystals: The Low-Temperature Thermosalient Transition of a Mesogenic Polyphenyl.","description":"Thermosalient transitions are a subset of single-crystal-to-single-crystal (SCSC) transitions, in which the change of lattice parameters is highly anisotropic and very fast. As a result, crystals at the transition undergo macroscopic dynamical effects (hopping, jumping, and shattering). These transitions feature a conversion of heat to mechanical energy that can be exploited in the realization of advanced materials. Most thermosalient transitions are observed at temperatures higher than room temperature. Examples of low-temperature thermosalient transitions are rare. We describe a new example of a low-temperature thermosalient transition in a sexiphenyl compound. At about -40 °C, the parent single crystal (phase I) shatters into single crystal fragments of the new phase (phase II). The two","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Apr","modification":"2025-07-13T03:04:25.48Z","creation":"2025-07-13T03:04:25.48Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12046552","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40243217"],"doi":["10.1021/jacs.5c03448"]}}