Polymer mechanochemistry: Up another rung

Mechanochemical unzipping of insulating polyladderene to semiconducting polyacetylene

(2017) Zhixing Chen et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2014) Qiming Wang et al.   Nature Communications

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

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

Covalent Mechanochemistry: Theoretical Concepts and Computational Tools with Applications to Molecular Nanomechanics

(2012) Jordi Ribas-Arino et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

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

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

A molecular force probe

(2009) Qing-Zheng Yang et al.   Nature Nanotechnology