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  • Molecular motion can potentially be harnessed to control macroscopic properties such as size and shape. Here, the authors show that the phase transition of a cobalt(II) complex with an n-butyl group on its ligands, results in a reversible crystal deformation at the structural phase transition temperature.

    • Sheng-Qun Su
    • Takashi Kamachi
    • Osamu Sato
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 6, P: 1-7

  • Energy harvesting by utilizing optical control has emerged as a promising solution to alleviate energy and environmental crisis. However, it is challenging to realise nano-scale energy storage and conversion in the same material. Here the authors report a nonferroelectric molecular [CoGa] crystal that uses light as an external stimulus to exhibit photoenergy conversion and energy storage properties.

    • Pritam Sadhukhan
    • Shu-Qi Wu
    • Osamu Sato
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 14, P: 1-9

  • Designing porous materials with empty shape-switchable pores remains a formidable challenge. Here, the authors fabricate a supramolecular organic framework possessing empty shape-memory nanopores which operates via a ferroelastic transition, endowing it with switchable sorption properties.

    • You-Gui Huang
    • Yoshihito Shiota
    • Osamu Sato
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 7, P: 1-8

  • Little is known about how the orientation of coordinated water molecules affects the magnetic properties of single molecule magnets. Here the authors combine experimental data and theoretical calculations to study how the rotation of water molecules alters the magnetic anisotropy of a pyrazine-based cobalt(II) complex.

    • Sheng-Qun Su
    • Shu-Qi Wu
    • Osamu Sato
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 12, P: 1-9

  • Designing materials with large thermal expansion is highly desirable to fabricate microscale devices. The authors report unusually large anisotropic negative and positive thermal expansion in a simple crystalline material, through temperature-driven orientation of imidazole cations acting as molecular wheels.

    • Zi-Shuo Yao
    • Hanxi Guan
    • Jun Tao
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 10, P: 1-8