Swelling-Activated, Soft Mechanochemistry in Polymer Materials

Bridging pico-to-nanonewtons with a ratiometric force probe for monitoring nanoscale polymer physics before damage

(2022) Ryota Kotani et al.   Nature Communications

Swelling‐induced Mechanochromism in Multinetwork Polymers

(2022) Takuma Watabe et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

FRET‐Integrated Polymer Brushes for Spatially‐Resolved Sensing of Changes in Polymer Conformation

(2021) Quinn Alexander Besford et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

(2021) Matías Horst et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tailoring the Properties of Optical Force Probes for Polymer Mechanochemistry

(2021) Siyang He et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Enhancement of Mechano-Sensitivity for Spiropyran-Linked Poly(dimethylsiloxane) via Solvent Swelling

(2020) Dong Woo Kim et al.   MACROMOLECULES

The role of polymer mechanochemistry in responsive materials and additive manufacturing

(2020) Maroun Abi Ghanem et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Swelling-Induced Chain Stretching Enhances Hydrolytic Degrafting of Hydrophobic Polymer Brushes in Organic Media

(2019) Harm-Anton Klok et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

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

A Latent Mechanoacid for Time-Stamped Mechanochromism and Chemical Signaling in Polymeric Materials

(2019) Yangju Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tensile Forces and Mechanotransduction at Cell–Cell Junctions

(2018) Guillaume Charras et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Cellular Mechanotransduction: From Tension to Function

(2018) Fabiana Martino et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Light from Within: Sensing Weak Strains and FemtoNewton Forces in Single Molecules

(2018) Ties van de Laar et al.   Chem

Polyacrylamide Hydrogels Produce Hydrogen Peroxide from Osmotic Swelling in Aqueous Media

(2018) Ashray V. Parameswar et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Substituent effects and mechanism in a mechanochemical reaction

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

Polymer Mechanochemistry: Manufacturing Is Now a Force to Be Reckoned With

(2018) Niamh Willis-Fox et al.   Chem

Mechanoluminescent Imaging of Osmotic Stress-Induced Damage in a Glassy Polymer Network

(2017) Jess M. Clough et al.   MACROMOLECULES

One-step synthesis of PHEMA hydrogel films capable of generating highly ordered wrinkling patterns

(2017) Jianjun Gu et al.   POLYMER

Steering chemical reactions with force

(2017) Sergi Garcia-Manyes et al.   Nature Reviews Chemistry

Preparation and Timed Release Properties of Self-Rupturing Gels

(2016) Udaka K. de Silva et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Soft-Mechanochemistry: Mechanochemistry Inspired by Nature

(2016) Philippe Lavalle et al.   LANGMUIR

CO2-Breathing Induced Reversible Activation of Mechanophore within Microgels

(2016) Meng Li et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Degrafting of Poly(poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) Brushes from Planar and Spherical Silicon Substrates

(2016) Nariye Cavusoglu Ataman et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Mechanical gating of a mechanochemical reaction cascade

(2016) Junpeng Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Polymer Mechanochemistry: From Destructive to Productive

(2015) Jun Li et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Surface Confined Retro Diels–Alder Reaction Driven by the Swelling of Weak Polyelectrolytes

(2015) Beier Lyu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Pinpointing Mechanochemical Bond Rupture by Embedding the Mechanophore into a Macrocycle

(2015) Doreen Schütze et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Lighting Up the Force: Investigating Mechanisms of Mechanotransduction Using Fluorescent Tension Probes

(2015) Carol Jurchenko et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Wrinkled interfaces: Taking advantage of surface instabilities to pattern polymer surfaces

(2015) Juan Rodríguez-Hernández   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

How to Measure Molecular Forces in Cells: A Guide to Evaluating Genetically-Encoded FRET-Based Tension Sensors

(2014) Anna-Lena Cost et al.   Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Stimuli-responsive buckling mechanics of polymer films

(2014) Dayong Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Solvent Swelling Activation of a Mechanophore in a Polymer Network

(2014) Corissa K. Lee et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Biomimetic Hydrogel-Based Actuating Systems

(2013) Leonid Ionov   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Stimuli-responsive polymer films

(2013) Lei Zhai   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Tension Sensing Nanoparticles for Mechano-Imaging at the Living/Nonliving Interface

(2013) Yang Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Molecular Tension Sensors Report Forces Generated by Single Integrin Molecules in Living Cells

(2013) Masatoshi Morimatsu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Main-Chain Scission of a Charged Fifth-Generation Dendronized Polymer

(2012) Hao Yu et al.   HELVETICA CHIMICA ACTA

Swelling-Induced Delamination Causes Folding of Surface-Tethered Polymer Gels

(2011) Sachin S. Velankar et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Bond Tension in Tethered Macromolecules

(2011) Sergei S. Sheiko et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Visualizing mechanical tension across membrane receptors with a fluorescent sensor

(2011) Daniel R Stabley et al.   NATURE METHODS

Mechanical Instabilities of Gels

(2011) Julien Dervaux et al.   Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics

Harnessing Surface Wrinkle Patterns in Soft Matter

(2010) Shu Yang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Surface Instabilities in Ultrathin, Cross-Linked Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Coatings

(2010) Ophir Ortiz et al.   LANGMUIR

Kinetic study of swelling-induced surface pattern formation and ordering in hydrogel films with depth-wise crosslinking gradient

(2010) Murat Guvendiren et al.   Soft Matter

Swelling-Induced Surface Patterns in Hydrogels with Gradient Crosslinking Density

(2009) Murat Guvendiren et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Polymer Brushes via Surface-Initiated Controlled Radical Polymerization: Synthesis, Characterization, Properties, and Applications

(2009) Raphael Barbey et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Mechanically-Induced Chemical Changes in Polymeric Materials

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

Tension Amplification in Molecular Brushes in Solutions and on Substrates†

(2009) Sergey Panyukov et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Hygromorphs: from pine cones to biomimetic bilayers

(2009) E. Reyssat et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Amplification of Tension in Branched Macromolecules

(2009) Sergey V. Panyukov et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Stability and Nonfouling Properties of Poly(poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) Brushes under Cell Culture Conditions

(2008) Stefano Tugulu et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

A practical guide to single-molecule FRET

(2008) Rahul Roy et al.   NATURE METHODS

Cylindrical molecular brushes: Synthesis, characterization, and properties

(2008) Sergei S. Sheiko et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Creasing instability of surface-attached hydrogels

(2008) Verónica Trujillo et al.   Soft Matter

Stimuli-responsive hydrogel thin films

(2008) Ihor Tokarev et al.   Soft Matter