Publications

17.　Polarization Dependence of Photothermally Resonated Natural Vibration in an Aminoanthraquinone Crystal

S. Hasebe,* K. Okano, K. Nakagawa, Y. Hagiwara, T. Asahi, H. Koshima,* ChemPhotoChem in press. DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202500221

15. Photomechanical motion of three polymorphic salicylideneaniline crystals with distinct bending directions, speeds, and repeatability 

S. Hasebe, Y. Hagiwara, T. Asahi, H. Koshima,* Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2025, 98, uoaf032, DOI: 10.1093/bulcsj/uoaf032

Selected as the BCSJ Award Article

14. Control of Polymorphism and Alignment in Photochromic Salicylideneaniline Crystals Grown by Directional Crystallization

Y. Hagiwara,* G. Schweicher, S. Das, S. Hasebe, T. Asahi, H. Koshima,* Y. Geerts,* Cryst. Growth Des. 2025, 25, 2090–2098. DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.4c01729

13. Actuation Performance and Versatility of Photothermally Driven Organic Crystals [Minireview]

S. Hasebe, Y. Hagiwara, T. Asahi, H. Koshima,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2025, 64, e202418570.

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202418570

12. Broad-Wavelength Light-Fuelled Organic Crystal Oscillators Driven by Multimodal Photothermally Resonated Natural Vibration 

S. Hasebe, Y. Hagiwara, T. Goto, T. Ryu, T. Ehara, T. Ogawa, K. Miyata, K. Onda, R. Morioka, J. Morikawa, T. Asahi, H. Koshima,* Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 34, 2410671.

DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202410671

11. Prediction of Photochromism of Salicylideneaniline Crystals Using a Data Mining Approach

S. Hasebe, K. Hatakeyama-Sato, K. Oyaizu, T. Asahi, H. Koshima,* ACS Omega 2024, 9, 1463–1471. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c0785 

10. Negative to Positive Axial Thermal Expansion Switching of an Organic Crystal: Contribution to Multistep Photoactuation 

S. Hasebe,† Y. Hagiwara,† T. Ueno, T. Asahi, H. Koshima,* Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 1088–1097. 

DOI: 10.1039/D3SC04796B († co-first)

9. Broad-Wavelength Light-Driven High-Speed Hybrid Crystal Actuators Actuated Inside Tissue-Like Phantoms 

D.-W. Kim,† Y. Hagiwara,† S. Hasebe, N. O. Dogan, M. Zhang, T. Asahi, H. Koshima,* M. Sitti,* Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 33, 2305916. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202305916 († co-first)

8. Mechanical properties and peculiarities of molecular crystals [review]

W. M. Awad, D. W. Davies, D. Kitagawa, J. M. Halabi, M. B. Al-Handawi, I. Tahir, F. Tong, G. Campillo-Alvarado, A. G. Shtukenberg, T. Alkhidir, Y. Hagiwara, M. Almehairbi, L. Lan, S. Hasebe, D. P. Karothu, S. Mohamed,* H. Koshima,* S. Kobatake,* Y. Diao,* R. Chandrasekar,* H. Zhang,* C. C. Sun,* C. Bardeen,* R. O. Al-Kaysi,* B. Kahr,* P. Naumov,* Chem. Soc. Rev. 2023, 52, 3098–3169. DOI: 10.1039/D2CS00481J

6. Crystal Actuation Switching by Crystal Thickness and Light Wavelength 

S. Hasebe, Y. Hagiwara, K. Hirata, T. Asahi, H. Koshima,* Mater. Adv. 2022, 3, 7098–7106. 

DOI: 10.1039/D2MA00825D

5. Flexible organic crystals. Understanding the tractable co-existence of elastic and plastic bending 

I. S. Divya, S. Kandasamy, S. Hasebe, T. Sasaki, H. Koshima,* K. Wozniak,* S. Varughese,* Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 8989–9003. DOI: 10.1039/D2SC02969C

4. Polymorph-Derived Diversification of Crystal Actuation by Photoisomerization and the Photothermal Effect

S. Hasebe, Y. Hagiwara, K. Takechi, T. Katayama, A. Furube, T. Asahi, H. Koshima,* Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 1315–1324. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c04007

3. Mechanically Responsive Organic Crystals by Light [minireview]

H. Koshima,* S. Hasebe, Y. Hagiwara, T. Asahi, Isr. J. Chem. 2021, 61, 683–696. 

DOI: 10.1002/ijch.202100093

1. Light-driven Crystal–polymer Hybrid Actuators

S. Hasebe, D. Matsuura, T. Mizukawa, T. Asahi, H. Koshima,* Front. Robot. AI, 2021, 8 684287. DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2021.684287

1. Advances in Organic Crystal Chemistry: Comprehensive Reviews 2025 on Crystal Functions

Chapter 3: Versatile and Fast Organic Crystal Actuation by Photothermal Effect and Natural Vibration

H. Koshima,* S. Hasebe, Y. Hagiwara,　ISBN: 9789819644780

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-4479-7_3