ICYS, National Institute for Materials Science^* X-ray Physics Laboratory, Quantum Beam Center, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan^**
○Pance Naumov^* Kenji Sakurai^**

By cooperative twisting of alternating molecules from the adjacent columns, the structure and the kinetics of the photoinduced nitro-assisted proton transfer of 3-methyl-2-(2',4'-dinitrobenzyl)pyridine can be reversibly gated in a single crystal over a hysteresis gap of 10-11 K close to ambient temperature [1].


Ref.: P. Naumov, K. Sakurai, Crystal Growth & Design, 2006, 5, 1699.