Taro Moriwaki

TL;DR: The morphostructural consequences of plastic deformation in crystals of hexachlorobenzene that can be bent mechanically at multiple locations to 360° with retention of macroscopic integrity are described.

TL;DR: An organic elastically bendable co-crystal with stiffness comparable to low-density metals, hardness similar to stainless steel and the molecular mechanism which lead to these mechanical properties are revealed.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated here that spatially resolved microfocus infrared spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation can be applied in conjunction with periodic density functional theory calculations to predict spectral changes or to extract information on structural changes that occur as a consequence of bending.

TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that hydrogen bonding of water molecules is the key element for sliding over the slip planes in the crystal and accounts for the plastic bending of organic crystals.

TL;DR: Direct transduction of heat into light by thermochemiluminescence in a centimeter-size lophine hydroperoxide crystal is demonstrated.