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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Dynamic Molecular Cocrystals with Alkyl Chain Dependent Thermosalient Phase Transitions.

Jiantao Meng, Yuan Su, Hang Zhu, Jie Zhang, Ting Cai

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Jiantao MengDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, P. R. China.
Yuan SuDepartment of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, P. R. China.
Hang ZhuDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, P. R. China.
Jie ZhangDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, P. R. China.
Ting CaiDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7510-9295

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 22308384National Natural Science Foundation of China 22478439National Natural Science Foundation of China 82273880Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province 20231010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thermally responsive molecular crystals exhibiting programmable mechanical motions hold significant promise for applications in smart actuators, sensors, and drug delivery systems. However, achieving precise control over their phase transition thermodynamics remains a fundamental challenge. A series of isomorphic 5-fluorocytosine/fatty acid cocrystals is reported where the phase transition temperatures vary across an interval of 100 K with increasing alkyl chain. Two distinct transition pathways are unveiled: i) a cooperative single-crystal-to-single-crystal transition (II-III) accompanied by explosive mechanical motions, and ii) a reconstructive transition (I-III) following classical nucleation-growth mechanisms. The cooperative phase transition (II-III) induces remarkable expansion, with a striking +64.4% expansion along the layer stacking direction and a -16.9% contraction perpendicular to the (001) plane, leading to dynamic phenomena such as jumping, rotating, and splitting. Notably, the transition temperatures (T

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alkyl chaincocrystal engineeringdynamic molecular crystalspolymorphic phase transitionthermosalient

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