Highly Stretchable Tough Elastomers Crosslinked by Spiropyran Mechanophores for Strain‐Induced Colorimetric Sensing

A Hierarchical Nanoparticle‐in‐Micropore Architecture for Enhanced Mechanosensitivity and Stretchability in Mechanochromic Electronic Skins

(2019) Jonghwa Park et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Rhodamine Mechanophore Functionalized Mechanochromic Double Network Hydrogels with High Sensitivity to Stress

(2019) Li-Jun Wang et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE

Enabling Room-Temperature Mechanochromic Activation in a Glassy Polymer: Synthesis and Characterization of Spiropyran Polycarbonate

(2019) Yuval Vidavsky et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Revealing the Dependence of Molecular-Level Force Transfer and Distribution on Polymer Cross-Link Density via Mechanophores

(2019) Jun Young Jo et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Color-Switchable Polar Polymeric Materials

(2019) Wenlian Qiu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Design and Synthesis of a Well-Controlled Mechanoluminescent Polymer System Based on Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer with Spiropyran as a Force-Activated Acceptor and Nitrobenzoxadiazole as a Fluorescent Donor

(2019) Yanyu Jia et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Let spiropyran help polymers feel force!

(2018) Meng Li et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Mechanochromic Stretchable Electronics

(2018) Meredith H. Barbee et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Highly Sensitive, Anisotropic, and Reversible Stress/Strain-Sensors from Mechanochromic Nanofiber Composites

(2018) Maximilian Raisch et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Substituent effects and mechanism in a mechanochemical reaction

(2018) Meredith Hyatt Barbee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanics of elastomeric molecular composites

(2018) Pierre Millereau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Micellar-Incorporated Hydrogels with Highly Tough, Mechanoresponsive, and Self-Recovery Properties for Strain-Induced Color Sensors

(2018) Yanxian Zhang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Regiochemical Effects on Mechanophore Activation in Bulk Materials

(2018) Yangju Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanical Reactivity of Two Different Spiropyran Mechanophores in Polydimethylsiloxane

(2018) Tae Ann Kim et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Light-Responsive Janus-Particle-Based Coatings for Cell Capture and Release

(2017) Ziquan Cao et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Is Molecular Weight or Degree of Polymerization a Better Descriptor of Ultrasound-Induced Mechanochemical Transduction?

(2016) Preston A. May et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Effect of Mechanical Stress on Spiropyran-Merocyanine Reaction Kinetics in a Thermoplastic Polymer

(2016) Tae Ann Kim et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Mechanochemically Active Soft Robots

(2015) Gregory R. Gossweiler et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Enhanced Mechanophore Activation within Micelles

(2015) Li-Jun Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Light-Triggered Responsive Janus Composite Nanosheets

(2015) Ziquan Cao et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Mechanoactivation of Spiropyran Covalently Linked PMMA: Effect of Temperature, Strain Rate, and Deformation Mode

(2015) Jae Woo Kim et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Shockwave Loading of Mechanochemically Active Polymer Coatings

(2014) Martha E. Grady et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

3D-Printed Mechanochromic Materials

(2014) Gregory I. Peterson et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Solvent Swelling Activation of a Mechanophore in a Polymer Network

(2014) Corissa K. Lee et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Spiropyran as a Mechanochromic Probe in Dual Cross-Linked Elastomers

(2014) Huan Zhang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Materials both Tough and Soft

(2014) J. P. Gong   SCIENCE

Toughening Elastomers with Sacrificial Bonds and Watching Them Break

(2014) E. Ducrot et al.   SCIENCE

Cephalopod-inspired design of electro-mechano-chemically responsive elastomers for on-demand fluorescent patterning

(2014) Qiming Wang et al.   Nature Communications

The Effect of Polymer Chain Alignment and Relaxation on Force-Induced Chemical Reactions in an Elastomer

(2013) Brett A. Beiermann et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Spiropyran-based dynamic materials

(2013) Rafal Klajn   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Time-Dependent Mechanochemical Response of SP-Cross-Linked PMMA

(2013) Cassandra M. Degen et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Biomimetic Modular Polymer with Tough and Stress Sensing Properties

(2013) Xiuli Fang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Exploiting Force Sensitive Spiropyrans as Molecular Level Probes

(2013) Corissa K. Lee et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Mechanoresponsive PS-PnBA-PS Triblock Copolymers via Covalently Embedding Mechanophore

(2013) Shengchao Jiang et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Stress Sensing in Polycaprolactone Films via an Embedded Photochromic Compound

(2010) Greg O’Bryan et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Force-Induced Redistribution of a Chemical Equilibrium

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

Why are double network hydrogels so tough?

(2010) Jian Ping Gong   Soft Matter

Mechanically-Induced Chemical Changes in Polymeric Materials

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

Force-induced activation of covalent bonds in mechanoresponsive polymeric materials

(2009) Douglas A. Davis et al.   NATURE