TY - BOOK AU - Kato,Masako AU - Ishii,Kazuyuki ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Soft Crystals: Flexible Response Systems with High Structural Order T2 - The Materials Research Society Series, SN - 9789819902606 AV - QD478 U1 - 541.0421 23 PY - 2023/// CY - Singapore PB - Springer Nature Singapore, Imprint: Springer KW - Solid state chemistry KW - Soft condensed matter KW - Condensed matter KW - Crystallography KW - Materials science KW - Data processing KW - Electronic structure KW - Quantum chemistry KW - Computer programs KW - Solid-State Chemistry KW - Soft Materials KW - Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems KW - Crystallography and Scattering Methods KW - Electronic Structure Calculations N1 - Background and Overview -- Classification and Definition of “Soft Crystals” -- Theoretical Background of Photophysical Properties -- Vapochromic Soft Crystals Constructed with Metal Complexes -- Luminescent Mechanochromism and the Photosalient Effect of Aryl Gold(I) Isocyanide Complexes -- Elastic and Plastic Soft Crystals with Superelasticity, Ferroelasticity, and Superplasticity -- Triboluminescence of Lanthanide Complexes. Thermosalient Phenomena in Molecular Crystals: A Case Study of Representative Molecules -- Soft Crystal Chemiluminescence Systems Using Organic Peroxides -- Molecular Crystal Calculation Prospects for Structural Phase Transitions -- Approach of Electronic Structure Calculations to Crystal -- Toward the Applications of Soft Crystals; Open Access N2 - This open access book introduces the science of the new materials, soft crystals, by showing various interesting examples. Different from conventional hard and stable crystals, the soft crystals respond to gentle stimuli such as vapor exposure and rubbing but maintain their structural order. In this book, their exhibition of remarkable visual changes in their shape, color, and luminescence is described. Through the chapters, historical background, recent remarkable developments, and future prospects are described concisely. This book helps readers to understand a new concept of materials that have the characteristics of stimulus-sensitive soft matter and finely controlled crystals and to design novel materials with the characteristics. The English translation of this book from its Japanese language original manuscript was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). The text has subsequently been revised further by a professional copy editor in order to refine the work stylistically UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0260-6 ER -