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SUBMITTER: Panda MK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4941691 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20160712
The ability of thermosalient solids, organic analogues of inorganic martensites, to move by rapid mechanical reconfiguration or ballistic event remains visually appealing and potentially useful, yet mechanistically elusive phenomenon. Here, with a material that undergoes both thermosalient and non-thermosalient phase transitions, we demonstrate that the thermosalient effect is preceded by anomalous thermal expansion of the unit cell. The crystal explosion occurs as sudden release of the latent s ...[more]