**2. Materials**

Molecular structures of RIV and MAL are presented in Figure 1. RIV (Purity > 99.5%) was generously provided as a gift sample by MSN Laboratories, India. Malonic acid (MAL) and 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA and Spectrochem Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India, respectively, and used as received. Crystallization experiments were carried out to generate samples for compaction. For nanoindentation experiments, relatively larger-sized crystals were generated, and the crystallization methodology for same has been thoroughly discussed in our recent publication [10].

**Figure 1.** Molecular Structure of (**a**) RIV and (**b**) MAL.
