Understanding the Mechanochemistry of Ladder-Type Cyclobutane Mechanophores by Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy

Single-Molecule Activation and Quantification of Mechanically Triggered Palladium–Carbene Bond Dissociation

(2021) Anton O. Razgoniaev et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanism Dictates Mechanics: A Molecular Substituent Effect in the Macroscopic Fracture of a Covalent Polymer Network

(2021) Shu Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Single-Event Spectroscopy and Unravelling Kinetics of Covalent Domains Based on Cyclobutane Mechanophores

(2021) Brandon H. Bowser et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Polymer with “Locked” Degradability: Superior Backbone Stability and Accessible Degradability Enabled by Mechanophore Installation

(2020) Tze-Gang Hsu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanically Gated Degradable Polymers

(2020) Yangju Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The cascade unzipping of ladderane reveals dynamic effects in mechanochemistry

(2020) Zhixing Chen et al.   Nature Chemistry

Bicyclohexene-peri-naphthalenes: Scalable Synthesis, Diverse Functionalization, Efficient Polymerization, and Facile Mechanoactivation of Their Polymers

(2020) Jinghui Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Validation of the CoGEF Method as a Predictive Tool for Polymer Mechanochemistry

(2020) Isabel M. Klein et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Polymer with Mechanochemically Active Hidden Length

(2020) Yancong Tian et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Distal conformational locks on ferrocene mechanophores guide reaction pathways for increased mechanochemical reactivity

(2020) Yudi Zhang et al.   Nature Chemistry

Benzoladderene Mechanophores: Synthesis, Polymerization, and Mechanochemical Transformation

(2019) Jinghui Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Force-Dependent Multicolor Mechanochromism from a Single Mechanophore

(2019) Molly E. McFadden et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Force-Induced Catastrophes on Energy Landscapes: Mechanochemical Manipulation of Downhill and Uphill Bifurcations Explains the Ring-Opening Selectivity of Cyclopropanes

(2018) Miriam Wollenhaupt et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Synthesis and Mechanochemical Activation of Ladderene–Norbornene Block Copolymers

(2018) Jessica K. Su et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Substituent effects and mechanism in a mechanochemical reaction

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

Quantitative and Mechanistic Mechanochemistry in Ferrocene Dissociation

(2018) Ye Sha et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Controlling Reactivity by Geometry in Retro-Diels–Alder Reactions under Tension

(2017) Richard Stevenson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanochemical unzipping of insulating polyladderene to semiconducting polyacetylene

(2017) Zhixing Chen et al.   SCIENCE

Experimentally realized mechanochemistry distinct from force-accelerated scission of loaded bonds

(2017) Sergey Akbulatov et al.   SCIENCE

Combined Constant-Force and Constant-Velocity Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy of the Conrotatory Ring Opening Reaction of Benzocyclobutene

(2016) Tatiana B. Kouznetsova et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Mechanical gating of a mechanochemical reaction cascade

(2016) Junpeng Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Accelerating a Mechanically Driven anti-Woodward–Hoffmann Ring Opening with a Polymer Lever Arm Effect

(2015) Junpeng Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Reactivity and Mechanism of a Mechanically Activated anti-Woodward–Hoffmann–DePuy Reaction

(2015) Junpeng Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Force-Rate Characterization of Two Spiropyran-Based Molecular Force Probes

(2015) Gregory R. Gossweiler et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Inducing and quantifying forbidden reactivity with single-molecule polymer mechanochemistry

(2015) Junpeng Wang et al.   Nature Chemistry

A Remote Stereochemical Lever Arm Effect in Polymer Mechanochemistry

(2014) Junpeng Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A backbone lever-arm effect enhances polymer mechanochemistry

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

Structure–Mechanochemical Activity Relationships for Cyclobutane Mechanophores

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

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