Research output
Peer-reviewed articles from the Smart Materials Lab, spanning crystal adaptronics, soft robotics, and self-healing materials.
Research output
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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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
Structural and Energetic Origin of Elastic and Plastic Bending in Molecular Crystals
Malisetty, Ravi Teja; Khan, Sofia A.; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Rahman, Atiqur; Singh, Ashi; Sabu, Soyal; Mondal, Srijan; Pradhan, Amit Kumar; Clegg, Jack K.; Naumov, Panče; Thomas, Sajesh P.
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.
Accurate Prediction of Mechanical Property of Organic Crystals Using Molecular Dynamics-Based Nanoindentation Simulations
Elgengehi, Sara; Karothu, Durga Prasad; He, Weiwei; Paul, Rabindranath; Kirmizialtin, Serdal; Naumov, Panče
Green-Synthesized Single-Benzene Fluorophores Exhibiting Room-Temperature Phosphorescence and Solid-State Fluorescence for Biological and Optical Applications
Kramp, Maximilian; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Zschommler, Juan Camilo; Commins, Patrick; Prestel, Thomas; Ibl, Verena; Naumov, Panče; Müller, Carolin; Schramm, Stefan
A Thiophene Sulfone Single Crystal as a Reversible Thermoelastic Linear Actuator with an Extended Stroke and Second-Harmonic Generation Switching
Wang, Zhihua; Shi, Rongchao; Tahir, Ibrahim; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Cheng, Puxin; Han, Wenqing; Li, Liang; Zheng, Yongshen; Naumov, Panče*; Xu, Jialiang*; Bu, Xian-He
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*
Toward On-Demand Polymorphic Transitions of Organic Crystals via Side Chain and Lattice Dynamics Engineering
Catalano, Luca*; Sharma, Rituraj; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Saccone, Marco; Elishav, Oren; Chen, Charles; Juneja, Navkiran; Volpi, Martina; Jouclas, Rémy; Chen, Hung-Yang; Liu, Jie; Liu, Guangfeng; Elumalai, Gopi; Ruzié, Christian; Klimis, Nicolas; Kennedy, Alan R.; Vanderlick, Kyle; McCulloch, Iain; Ruggiero, Michael T.; Naumov, Panče; Schweicher, Guillaume; Yaffe, Omer; Geerts, Yves H.
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
Mechanical Properties and Peculiarities of Molecular Crystals
Awad, Wegood M.; Davies, Daniel W.; Kitagawa, Daichi; Halabi, Jad Mahmoud; Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Tahir, Ibrahim; Tong, Fei; Campillo-Alvarado, Gonzalo; Shtukenberg, Alexander G.; Alkhidir, Tamador; Hagiwara, Yuki; Almehairbi, Mubarak; Lan, Linfeng; Hasebe, Shodai; Prasad Karothu, Durga; Mohamed, Sharmarke; Koshima, Hideko; Kobatake, Seiya; Diao, Ying; Chandrasekar, Rajadurai; Zhang, Hongyu; Sun, Calvin C.; Bardeen, Christopher; Al-Kaysi, Rabih O.; Kahr, Bart; Naumov, Panče
Quantifying Mechanical Properties of Molecular Crystals: A Critical Overview of Experimental Elastic Tensors
Spackman, Peter R.; Grosjean, Arnaud; Thomas, Sajesh P.; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Naumov, Panče; Spackman, Mark A.*
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*
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*
Geometrically Reconfigurable, 2D, All-Organic Photonic Integrated Circuits Made from Two Mechanically and Optically Dissimilar Crystals
Ravi, Jada; Kumar, Avulu Vinod; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Annadhasan, Mari; Naumov, Panče*; Chandrasekar, Rajadurai*
Thermosalience of 1,2,4,5-tetrachlorobenzene
Karothu, Durga Prasad; Naumov, Panče*
Extraordinary Anisotropic Thermal Expansion in Photosalient Crystals
Yadava, Khushboo; Gallo, Gianpiero; Bette, Sebastian; Mulijanto, Caroline Evania; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Park, In-Hyeok; Medishetty, Raghavender; Naumov, Panče; Dinnebier Robert E.; Vittal, Jagadese J.*
Mechanically Responsive Crystals: Analysis of Macroscopic Strain Reveals "Hidden" Processes
Desta, Israel Tilahun; Chizhik, Stanislav A.*; Sidelnikov, Anatoli A.; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Boldyreva, Elena V.*; Naumov, Panče*
Global Performance Indices for Dynamic Crystals as Organic Thermal Actuators
Karothu, Durga Prasad; Mahmoud Halabi, Jad; Li, Liang; Colin-Molina, Abraham; Rodríguez-Molina, Braulio; Naumov, Panče*
Reversible Multicolor Photochromism of Dihydroazulene Crystals
Liepuoniute, Ieva; Commins, Patrick; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Schramm, Stefan; Hara, Hideyuki; Naumov, Panče*
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*
Direct Quantification of Rapid and Efficient Single-Stroke Actuation by a Martensitic Transition in a Thermosalient Crystal
Khalil, Abdullah; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Naumov, Panče*
Effect of Crystal Packing on the Thermosalient Effect of the Pincer-Type Diester Naphthalene-2,3-diyl-bis(4-fluorobenzoate): A New Class II Thermosalient Solid
Tamboli, Majid I.; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Shashidhar, Mysore S.; Gonnade, Rajesh G.*; Naumov, Panče*
Reversible Photolysis of Nitrosobenzene cis-Dimer Monitored In Situ by Single Crystal Photocrystallography
Rodenbough, Philip P.; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Gjorgjieva, Tamara; Commins, Patrick; Hara, Hideyuki; Naumov, Panče*
Crystal Adaptronics: Mechanically Reconfigurable Elastic and Superelastic Molecular Crystals
Ahmed, Ejaz; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Naumov, Panče*
Ionic Cocrystals of Molecular Saccharin
Karothu, Durga Prasad; Jahović, Ilma; Jovanovski, Gligor; Kaitner, Branko; Naumov, Panče*
Mechanistic Investigations of the 2-Coumaranone Chemiluminescence
Schramm, Stefan*; Navizet, Isabelle; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Oesau, Pascal; Bensmann, Veronika; Weiss, Dieter; Beckert, Rainer; Naumov, Panče
Using Crystal Structure Prediction to Rationalise the Hydration Propensities of Substituted Adamantane Hydrochloride Salts, Mohamed, Sharmarke, Karothu, Durga Prasad
Naumov, Panče
Using Crystal Structure Prediction to Rationalise the Hydration Propensities of Substituted Adamantane Hydrochloride Salts
Mohamed, Sharmarke*; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Naumov, Panče
Crystals on the Move: Mechanical Effects in Dynamic Solids
Commins, Patrick; Tilahun Desta, Israel; Prasad Karothu, Durga; Panda, Manas K.; Naumov, Panče*
Low-Temperature Dynamics at Nano- and Macro-Scales: Organic Crystal that Exhibits Low-Temperature Molecular Motion and Thermosalient Effect
Belmonte-Vázquez, José Luis; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Fleischer III, Carl; Galicia-Badillo, Dazaet; Maldonado-Domínguez, Mauricio; Schurko, Robert; Li, Liang; Naumov, Panče*; Rodríguez-Molina, Braulio*
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.
The Elusive Structure of Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride Determined by Electron Diffraction
Karothu, Durga Prasad; Alhaddad, Zainab; Göb, Christian R.; Schürmann, Christian J.; Bücker, Robert; Naumov, Panče
Autonomous Reconstitution of Fractured Hybrid Perovskite Single Crystals
Al-Handawi, Marieh; Dushaq, Ghada; Commins, Patrick; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Rasras, Mahmoud; Catalano, Luca*; Naumov, Panče*
Ultrafast, Light, Soft Martensitic Materials
Ahmed, Ejaz; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Slimani, Ahmed; Halabi, Jad Mahmoud; Tahir, Ibrahim; Quirós Canales, Kevin; Naumov, Panče*
Microelectromechanical Devices Driven by Thermosalient Effect
Halabi, Jad Mahmoud; Séguy, Isabelle; Salvagnac, Ludovic; Leïchlé, Thierry; Saya, Daisuke; Mathieu, Fabrice; Duployer, Benjamin; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Nicu, Liviu*; Naumov, Panče*
Multifunctional Deformable Organic Semiconductor Single Crystals
Karothu, Durga Prasad; Dushaq, Ghada; Ahmed, Ejaz; Catalano, Luca; Rasras, Mahmoud; Naumov, Panče*
Efficient Screening for Ternary Molecular Ionic Cocrystals using a Complementary Mechanosynthesis and Computational Structure Prediction Approach
Shunnar, Abeer F.; Dhokale, Bhausaheb; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Bowskill, David H.; Sugden, Isaac J.; Hernandez, Hector H.; Naumov, Panče; Mohamed, Sharmarke*
Efficiently Self-Healing Boronic Ester Crystals
Commins, Patrick; Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Raj, Gijo; 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
Sequencing and Welding of Molecular Single-Crystal Optical Waveguides
Catalano, Luca; Berthaud, Julien; Dushaq, Ghada; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Rezgui, Rachid; Rasras, Mahmoud; Ferlay, Sylvie; Hosseini, Mir Wais*; Naumov, Panče*
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*
Mechanically Assisted Bioluminescence with Natural Luciferase
Schramm, Stefan; Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Kurlevskaya, Anastasiya; Commins, Patrick; Mitani, Ysuo; Wu, Chun; Ohmiya, Yoshihiro; 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
Cracking Under Internal Pressure: Photodynamic Behavior of Vinyl Azide Crystals Through N2 Release
Shields, Dylan; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Sambath, Karthik; Ranaweera, Ranaweera A. A. Upul; Schramm, Stefan; Duncan, Alexander; Duncan, Benjamin; Krause, Jeanette; Gudmundsdottir, Anna; Naumov, Panče*
Is a Bent Crystal Still a Single Crystal?
Commins, Patrick; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Naumov, Panče*
A Filled Organic Crystal as Hybrid Large-Bandwidth Optical Waveguide
Catalano, Luca; Commins, Patrick; Schramm, Stefan; Karothu, Durga P.; Rezgui, Rachid; Hadef, Kawther; Naumov, Panče*
Martensitic Organic Crystals as Soft Actuators
Li, Liang; Commins, Patrick; Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Mahmoud Halabi, Jad; Schramm, Stefan; Weston, James; Rezgui, Rachid; Naumov, Panče*
Thermosalient Amphidynamic Molecular Machines: Motion at the Molecular and Macroscopic Scales
Colin-Molina, Abraham; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Jellen, Marcus; Toscano, Rubén A.; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel; Naumov, Panče*; Rodríguez-Molina, Braulio*
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*
Mechanical and Crystallographic Analysis of Cholesterol Crystals Puncturing Biological Membranes
Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Commins, Patrick; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Raj, Gijo; Li, Liang; Naumov, Panče*
Turning on Solid-State Fluorescence with Light
Schramm, Stefan; Karothu Durga Prasad; Raj, Gijo; Laptenok, Sergey; Solntsev, Kyril; 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*
Shape-Memory and Self-Healing Effects in Mechanosalient Molecular Crystals
Karothu, Durga Prasad; Weston, James; Tilahun Desta, Israel; Naumov, Panče*
