41st ECA Lunch webinar

The ECA kindly invites you to the 41st ECA Lunch webinar:

The anticipated shift in focal point of interest of solid- state chemists, crystal engineers and crystallographers from structure to properties to function of organic solids parallels the need to apply our accumulated understanding of the intricacies of crystal structure to explaining the related properties, with the ultimate goal of harnessing that knowledge in applications that require soft, light-weight, and/or biocompatible organic solids. In these developments, the adaptive molecular single crystals [1-5] warrant a particular attention as a new class of materials for light, flexible, and environmentally benign devices, primarily memories, capacitors, sensors, and actuators. United under the umbrella term “crystal adaptronics”, the recent research efforts aim to realistically assess the appositeness of dynamic crystals for applications that require fast, reversible and continuous operation over prolonged periods of time. With the aim to highlight the most recent developments in the research of adaptive molecular crystals, this lecture will discuss their assets and pitfalls.

Keywords: Organic Crystals; Dynamics; Mechanical Properties; Optical Properties; Smart Materials

References
[1] Mahmoud Halabi, J., Al-Handawi, M. B., Ceballos, R. & Naumov, P. (2023) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 12173.
[2] Awad, W. M., et al. (2023) Chem. Soc. Rev. 52, 3098.
[3] Karothu, D. P., Mahmoud Halabi, J., Ahmed, E., Ferreira, R., Spackman, P. R., Spackman, M. A. & Naumov, P. (2022) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 61, e202113988.
[4] Spackman, P. R., Grosjean, A., Thomas, S. P., Karothu, D. P., Naumov, P. & Spackman, M. A. (2022) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 134, e202110716.
[5] Mahmoud Halabi, J., Ahmed, E., Sofela, S. & Naumov, P. (2021) Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 118, e2020604118.

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Intro + ~45min + ~15min Q&A
When: 12th February 2026 at 13:00 CEST (i.e. 1:00 p.m. in Paris/Berlin/Vienna…).
Where: Online :::::::link to registration:::::::

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About the ECA Lunch webinars:

The ECA lunch webinars with an educational or scientific focus were invented following the strong wish to strengthen and vitalize the European crystallographic community. They are a monthly webinar series by the European Crystallographic Association (ECA) and involve all GIGs/SIGs.

The webinars are organized in an online setting such as Zoom (45min + 15min Q&A) and take place every first or second (depending on the schedule of other ECA activities) Thursday of a month at lunchtime (1:00 PM CET). Webinars will be announced via social media, mailing list, and here.

The webinars are organized by a steering committee of GIG01-members:
Breternitz, Joachim
Gaidamaka, Anna
Germann, Luzia
Hans, Philipp
Mazzeo, Paolo P.
Morana, Marta
Pisacic, Mateja
Prencipe, Michele