The temperature-controllable photomechanical behavior of an α-isocyanostilbene derivative

Tomohiro Seki; Rintaro Ishikawa; Kaisei Yamamoto; Ritsu Hibino; Makoto Moriya

doi:10.1039/D6CC00616G

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The temperature-controllable photomechanical behavior of an α-isocyanostilbene derivative

Tomohiro Seki,

*^a Rintaro Ishikawa,^a Kaisei Yamamoto,^a Ritsu Hibino^a and Makoto Moriya

^ab

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^a Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka 422-8017, Japan
E-mail: seki.tomohiro@shizuoka.ac.jp

^b Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan

Abstract

Crystals of an α-isocyanostilbene derivative show temperature-selective photomechanical behavior. At ambient temperature, they exhibit bending without splitting or moving under UV light, while below −50 °C, they show splitting upon photoirradiation. This successful control of the photomechanical response originates from the increased photodimerization yield upon cooling.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D6CC00616G
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 05 Feb 2026
Accepted: 15 Apr 2026
First published: 21 Apr 2026

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Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article

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T. Seki, R. Ishikawa, K. Yamamoto, R. Hibino and M. Moriya, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D6CC00616G

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