Angewandte Chemie International EditionVolume 51, Issue 41 p. 10319-10323 Communication Elastic and Bendable Caffeine Cocrystals: Implications for the Design of Flexible Organic Materials† Soumyajit Ghosh, Soumyajit Ghosh Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER-K), 741252, Nadia, West Bengal (India)Search for more papers by this authorProf. Dr. C. Malla Reddy, Corresponding Author Prof. Dr. C. Malla Reddy cmallareddy@gmail.com Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER-K), 741252, Nadia, West Bengal (India)Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER-K), 741252, Nadia, West Bengal (India)Search for more papers by this author Soumyajit Ghosh, Soumyajit Ghosh Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER-K), 741252, Nadia, West Bengal (India)Search for more papers by this authorProf. Dr. C. Malla Reddy, Corresponding Author Prof. Dr. C. Malla Reddy cmallareddy@gmail.com Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER-K), 741252, Nadia, West Bengal (India)Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER-K), 741252, Nadia, West Bengal (India)Search for more papers by this author First published: 11 September 2012 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201204604Citations: 269 † S.G. thanks the CSIR (New Delhi) for SRF. C.M.R. is grateful for financial support from the DST (SR/FT/CS-074/2009). We thank Dr. C. C. Sun (Univ. of Minnesota) for his comments, Dr. L. Straver (Bruker) for suggestions on the X-ray structure, and S. B. Sinha (IISER-K) for assistance with videos. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Abstract Crystalline spring: Single crystals formed from caffeine, 4-chloro-3-nitrobenzoic acid, and methanol (1:1:<1) have an interlocked structure with weak interactions in the three perpendicular directions, as well as solvent channels, and display reversible elastic bending. Excellent conservation of long-range order even after many bending cycles is observed, thus demonstrating the opportunities for flexible organic materials. Citing Literature Supporting Information Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Filename Description anie_201204604_sm_miscellaneous_information.pdf966.5 KB miscellaneous_information anie_201204604_sm_video_s1_xvid.avi3.7 MB video_s1_xvid anie_201204604_sm_video_s2_xvid.avi2.9 MB video_s2_xvid anie_201204604_sm_video_s3_xvid.avi2.3 MB video_s3_xvid anie_201204604_sm_video_s4_xvid.avi553.3 KB video_s4_xvid anie_201204604_sm_video_s5_xvid.avi2 MB video_s5_xvid Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article. Volume51, Issue41October 8, 2012Pages 10319-10323 RelatedInformation