Molecular engineering of mechanophore activity for stress-responsive polymeric materials

Inducing and quantifying forbidden reactivity with single-molecule polymer mechanochemistry

(2015) Junpeng Wang et al.   Nature Chemistry

Successive Mechanochemical Activation and Small Molecule Release in an Elastomeric Material

(2014) Michael B. Larsen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanochemical Activation of Covalent Bonds in Polymers with Full and Repeatable Macroscopic Shape Recovery

(2014) Gregory R. Gossweiler et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Molecular Catch Bonds and the Anti-Hammond Effect in Polymer Mechanochemistry

(2013) Sai Sriharsha M. Konda et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Stress-Responsive Polymers Containing Cyclobutane Core Mechanophores: Reactivity and Mechanistic Insights

(2013) Zachary S. Kean et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

“Flex-Activated” Mechanophores: Using Polymer Mechanochemistry To Direct Bond Bending Activation

(2013) Michael B. Larsen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanochemical strengthening of a synthetic polymer in response to typically destructive shear forces

(2013) Ashley L. Black Ramirez et al.   Nature Chemistry

Mechanocatalytic Polymerization and Cross-Linking in a Polymeric Matrix

(2013) Robert T. M. Jakobs et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Ring opening vs. direct bond scission of the chain in polymeric triazoles under the influence of an external force

(2012) Hans S. Smalø et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Quantum-Chemical Validation of the Local Assumption of Chemomechanics for a Unimolecular Reaction

(2012) Yancong Tian et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Regiochemical Effects on Molecular Stability: A Mechanochemical Evaluation of 1,4- and 1,5-Disubstituted Triazoles

(2012) Johnathan N. Brantley et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tension Trapping of Carbonyl Ylides Facilitated by a Change in Polymer Backbone

(2012) Hope M. Klukovich et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Proton-Coupled Mechanochemical Transduction: A Mechanogenerated Acid

(2012) Charles E. Diesendruck et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A backbone lever-arm effect enhances polymer mechanochemistry

(2012) Hope M. Klukovich et al.   Nature Chemistry

Mechanically induced chemiluminescence from polymers incorporating a 1,2-dioxetane unit in the main chain

(2012) Yulan Chen et al.   Nature Chemistry

Mechanical Activation of a Latent Olefin Metathesis Catalyst and Persistence of its Active Species in ROMP

(2012) Robert T. M. Jakobs et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Mechanochemical remodeling of synthetic polymers

(2012) Zachary S. Kean et al.   POLYMER

Performance of Mechanochemically Activated Catalysts Is Enhanced by Suppression of the Thermal Effects of Ultrasound

(2012) Ramon Groote et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Force-Transformed Free-Energy Surfaces and Trajectory-Shooting Simulations Reveal the Mechano-Stereochemistry of Cyclopropane Ring-Opening Reactions

(2011) Przemyslaw Dopieralski et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Chemical reactions modulated by mechanical stress: Extended Bell theory

(2011) Sai Sriharsha M. Konda et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Mechanochemically triggered bond formation in solid-state polymers

(2011) Ashley L. Black et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Characterizing the mechanochemically active domains in gem-dihalocyclopropanated polybutadiene under compression and tension

(2011) Jeremy M. Lenhardt et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Shear activation of mechanophore-crosslinked polymers

(2011) Cassandra M. Kingsbury et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Environmental effects on mechanochemical activation of spiropyran in linear PMMA

(2011) Brett A. Beiermann et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Mechanically Induced Scission and Subsequent Thermal Remending of Perfluorocyclobutane Polymers

(2011) Hope M. Klukovich et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Structure–Mechanochemical Activity Relationships for Cyclobutane Mechanophores

(2011) Matthew J. Kryger et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

From molecular mechanochemistry to stress-responsive materials

(2010) Ashley L. Black et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Masked Cyanoacrylates Unveiled by Mechanical Force

(2010) Matthew J. Kryger et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Molecular Stress Relief through a Force-Induced Irreversible Extension in Polymer Contour Length

(2010) Dong Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanochemical Transduction of Externally Applied Forces to Mechanophores

(2010) Jordi Ribas-Arino et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Force-Induced Redistribution of a Chemical Equilibrium

(2010) Corissa K. Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Trapping a Diradical Transition State by Mechanochemical Polymer Extension

(2010) J. M. Lenhardt et al.   SCIENCE

Understanding Covalent Mechanochemistry

(2009) Jordi Ribas-Arino et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Mechanically-Induced Chemical Changes in Polymeric Materials

(2009) Mary M. Caruso et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

First Principles Dynamics and Minimum Energy Pathways for Mechanochemical Ring Opening of Cyclobutene

(2009) Mitchell T. Ong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

gem-Dichlorocyclopropanes as Abundant and Efficient Mechanophores in Polybutadiene Copolymers under Mechanical Stress

(2009) Jeremy M. Lenhardt et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Force-induced activation of covalent bonds in mechanoresponsive polymeric materials

(2009) Douglas A. Davis et al.   NATURE

Activating catalysts with mechanical force

(2009) Alessio Piermattei et al.   Nature Chemistry