Nature Reviews Chemistry · 2025
Self-Healing Crystals
Commins, Al-Handawi & Naumov
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Peer-reviewed articles from the Smart Materials Lab, spanning crystal adaptronics, soft robotics, and self-healing materials.
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Peer-reviewed articles from the Smart Materials Lab, spanning crystal adaptronics, soft robotics, and self-healing materials.
Nature Reviews Chemistry · 2025
Commins, Al-Handawi & Naumov
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Depression of the Melting Point in Naturally Grown Circular Crystals
Jia, Shengzhe; Su, Xin; Wang, Yonghui Wang; Liu, Jiaqiang; Ahmed, Ejaz; Li, Liang; Tang, Weiwei; Naumov, Panče; Cui, Xiaoyan, Gong, Junbo Gong
Unveiling the Origins of Toughness in Corymbia calophylla (Marri Tree) Nuts
Awad, Wegood M.; Dalaq, Ahmed S.; Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Weston, James; Daqaq, Mohammed; Naumov, Panče
Application of Electron Diffraction to Rapid Structural Elucidation of Crude Reaction Products
Karothu, Durga Prasad; Rahman, Md. Ataur; Alhaddad, Zainab; Cellnik, Torsten; Ahuja, Brij Bhushan; Göb, Christian R.; Bücker, Robert; Majhi, Sanjit Manohar; Ahmed, Ejaz; Healy, Alan R.; Naumov, Panče
Biodegradable Architected Stents for Endoscopic Internal Drainage
Phowarasoontorn, Parima; Ko, Yongbin; Makhambetova, Zhansaya; Dabbour, Abdel-Hameed; Sohn, Sungyun; Awad, Wegood M.; Naser, Heba Tageldeen; Sinenko, Irina; Al-Ketan, Oraib; Ali, Mohamed; Barajas-Gamboa, Juan S.; Pantoja, Juan P.; AlZubaidi, Ahmed; Vega, Carlos Abril; Naumov, Panče; Masmoudi, Nader; Rodriguez, John; Kroh, Matthew; Ramadi, Khalil B.
The Ultrastiff Crystals of Mucic (Galactaric) Acid
Karothu, D. P.; Tahir, I.; Majhi, S. M.; Ahmed, E.; Catalano, L.; Hickey, N. T.; Weston, J.; Guerin, S.; Naumov, P.
Reply to: On the giant deformation and ferroelectricity of guanidinium nitrate
Karothu, D. P.; Ferreira, R.; Dushaq, G.; Ahmed, E.; Catalano, L.; Halabi, J. M.; Alhaddad, Z.; Tahir, I.; Li, L.; Mohamed, S.; Rasras, M.; Naumov, P.
Ferroelastic Ionic Organic Crystals that Self-Heal to 95%
Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Commins, Patrick; Dalaq, Ahmed S.; Santos-Florez, Pedro S.; Polavaram, Srujana; Didier, Pascal; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Zhu, Qiang; Daqaq, Mohammed; Li, Liang*; Naumov, Panče*
Photomechanical Crystals as Light-Activated Organic Soft Microrobots
Tahir, Ibrahim; Ahmed, Ejaz; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Fsehaye, Filmon; Halabi, Jad Mahmoud; Naumov, Panče*
Elastic Organic Crystals as Bioinspired Hair-Like Sensors
Yousuf, Soha; Mahmoud Halabi, Jad; Tahir, Ibrahim; Ahmed, Ejaz; Rezgui, Rachid; Li, Liang; Laws, Praveen Laws; Daqaq, Mohammed; Naumov, Panče
Voronoi-Dirichlet Analysis of Elastic and Plastic Molecular Crystals
Savchenkov, Anton V.; Ahmed, Ejaz; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Naumov, Panče
Smart Dynamic Hybrid Membranes with Self-Cleaning Capability
Pantuso, Elvira; Ahmed, Ejaz; Fontananova, Enrica; Brunetti, Adele; Tahir, Ibrahim; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Amer Alnaji, Nisreen; Dushaq, Ghada; Rasrar, Mahmoud; Naumov, Panče; Di Profio, Gianluca
Relating Excited States to the Dynamics of Macroscopic Strain in Photoresponsive Crystals
Ahmed, Ejaz; Chizhik, Stanislav*; Sidelnikov, Anatoly; Boldyreva, Elena; Naumov, Panče*
Global Analysis of the Mechanical Properties of Organic Crystals
Karothu, Durga Prasad; Halabi, Jad Mahmoud; Ahmed, Ejaz; Ferreira, Rodrigo; Spackman, Peter R.; Spackman, Mark A.*; Naumov, Panče*
Exceptionally High Work Density of a Ferroelectric Dynamic Organic Crystal around Room Temperature
Karothu, Durga Prasad; Ferreira, Rodrigo; Dushaq, Ghada; Ahmed, Ejaz; Catalano, Luca; Halabi, Jad Mahmoud; Alhaddad, Zainab; Tahir, Ibrahim; Li, Liang; Mohamed, Sharmarke; Rasras, Mahmoud; Naumov, Panče*
Performance of Molecular Crystals in Conversion of Light to Mechanical Work
Mahmoud Halabi, Jad; Ahmed, Ejaz; Sofela, Samuel; Naumov, Panče
Mechanically Robust Amino Acid Crystals as Fiber-optic Transducers and Wide Bandpass Filters for Optical Communication in the Near-infrared
Karothu, Durga Prasad; Dushaq, Ghada; Ahmed, Ejaz; Catalano, Luca; Polavaram, Srujana; Ferreira, Rodrigo; Li, Liang; Mohamed, Sharmarke; Rasras, Mahmoud; Naumov, Panče*
Performance of Deformable Molecular Crystalline Materials for Light-to-Work Conversion
Mahmoud Halabi, Jad; Ahmed, Ejaz; Sofela, Samuel; Naumov, Panče*
Micromanipulation of Mechanically Compliant Organic Single‐Crystal Optical Microwaveguides
Naumov, Panče; Annadhasan, Mari; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Chinnasamy, Ragaverthini; Catalano, Luca; Ahmed, Ejaz; Ghosh, Soumyajit; Chandrasekar, Rajadurai
From Mechanical Effects to Mechanochemistry: Softening and Depression of the Melting Point of Deformed Plastic Crystals
Ahmed, Ejaz; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Pejov, Ljupčo; Commins, Patrick; Hu, Qichi; Naumov, Panče*
The Rise of the Dynamic Crystals
Naumov, Panče; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Ahmed, Ejaz; Catalano, Luca; Commins, Patrick; Mahmoud Halabi, Jad; Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Li, Liang
Thermochemiluminescent Peroxide Crystals
Schramm, Stefan; Karothu, Durga P.; Lui, Nathan M.; Commins, Patrick; Ahmed, Ejaz; Catalano, Luca; Weston, James; Moriwaki, Taro; Solnstev, Kyril M.; Naumov, Panče*
Shape-Memory Effects in Molecular Crystals
Ahmed, Ejaz; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Warren, Mark; Naumov, Panče*
Spatial Photocontrol of the Optical Output from an Organic Crystal Waveguide
Mahmoud Halabi, Jad; Ahmed, Ejaz; Catalano, Luca; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Rezgui, Rachid; Naumov, Panče*
Crystal Adaptronics: Mechanically Reconfigurable Elastic and Superelastic Molecular Crystals
Ahmed, Ejaz; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Naumov, Panče*
Thermally Twistable, Photobendable, Elastically Deformable and Self-Healable Soft Crystal
Gupta, Poonam; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Ahmed, Ejaz; Naumov, Panče*; Nath, Naba K.*
Dual-Mode Light Transduction through a Plastically Bendable Organic Crystal as Optical Waveguide
Catalano, Luca; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Schramm, Stefan; Ahmed, Ejaz; Rezgui, Rachid; Barber, Timothy J.; Famulari, Antonino; Naumov, Panče*
Metal-Coated Thermosalient Crystals as Electrical Fuses
Khalil, Abdullah; Ahmed, Ejaz; Naumov, Panče*
Bioinspired Molecular Lantern: Tuning the Firefly Oxyluciferin Emission with Host-Guest Chemistry
Saleh, Na'il; Rahman Ba Suwaid, Abdul; Alhalabi, Ahmad; Abuibaid, Ahmed Z. A.; Maltsev, Oleg V.; Hintermann, Lukas; Naumov, Panče*
Ultrafast, Light, Soft Martensitic Materials
Ahmed, Ejaz; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Slimani, Ahmed; Halabi, Jad Mahmoud; Tahir, Ibrahim; Quirós Canales, Kevin; Naumov, Panče*
Multifunctional Deformable Organic Semiconductor Single Crystals
Karothu, Durga Prasad; Dushaq, Ghada; Ahmed, Ejaz; Catalano, Luca; Rasras, Mahmoud; Naumov, Panče*