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Nanoindentation in Crystal Engineering: Quantifying Mechanical Properties of Molecular Crystals
Article first published online: 11 JAN 2013
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201205002
Copyright © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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Varughese, S., Kiran, M. S. R. N., Ramamurty, U. and Desiraju, G. R. (2013), Nanoindentation in Crystal Engineering: Quantifying Mechanical Properties of Molecular Crystals. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 52: 2701–2712. doi: 10.1002/anie.201205002
Publication History
- Issue published online: 27 FEB 2013
- Article first published online: 11 JAN 2013
- Manuscript Revised: 31 AUG 2012
- Manuscript Received: 26 JUN 2012
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Keywords:
- crystal engineering;
- crystallography;
- elastic modulus;
- materials science;
- polymorphism
Abstract
Nanoindentation is a technique for measuring the elastic modulus and hardness of small amounts of materials. This method, which has been used extensively for characterizing metallic and inorganic solids, is now being applied to organic and metal–organic crystals, and has also become relevant to the subject of crystal engineering, which is concerned with the design of molecular solids with desired properties and functions. Through nanoindentation it is possible to correlate molecular-level properties such as crystal packing, interaction characteristics, and the inherent anisotropy with micro/macroscopic events such as desolvation, domain coexistence, layer migration, polymorphism, and solid-state reactivity. Recent developments and exciting opportunities in this area are highlighted in this Minireview.