Multi-modal mechanophores based on cinnamate dimers

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

(2017) Sergey Akbulatov et al.   SCIENCE

Mechanochromism and Mechanical-Force-Triggered Cross-Linking from a Single Reactive Moiety Incorporated into Polymer Chains

(2016) Huan Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Stress-induced colouration and crosslinking of polymeric materials by mechanochemical formation of triphenylimidazolyl radicals

(2016) F. Verstraeten et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Cyclobutanes by Olefin [2 + 2] Photocycloaddition Reactions

(2016) Saner Poplata et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Mechanochemical Cycloreversion of Cyclobutane Observed at the Single Molecule Level

(2016) Michael F. Pill et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

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

Polymers with autonomous life-cycle control

(2016) Jason F. Patrick et al.   NATURE

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

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

A Novel Mechanochromic and Photochromic Polymer Film: When Rhodamine Joins Polyurethane

(2015) Zhijian Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

[2+2] Photocycloaddition of Cinnamates in Flow and Development of a Thiourea Catalyst

(2015) Reem Telmesani et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Inducing and quantifying forbidden reactivity with single-molecule polymer mechanochemistry

(2015) Junpeng Wang et al.   Nature Chemistry

Molecular engineering of mechanophore activity for stress-responsive polymeric materials

(2015) Cameron L. Brown et al.   Chemical Science

Mechanochemical Strengthening of a Multi-mechanophore Benzocyclobutene Polymer

(2015) Junpeng Wang et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Increasing the Maximum Achievable Strain of a Covalent Polymer Gel Through the Addition of Mechanically Invisible Cross-Links

(2014) Zachary S. Kean et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Direct correlation of single-molecule properties with bulk mechanical performance for the biomimetic design of polymers

(2014) Jaeyoon Chung et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Photophysical properties and photochemistry of substituted cinnamates and cinnamic acids for UVB blocking: effect of hydroxy, nitro, and fluoro substitutions at ortho, meta, and para positions

(2014) Malinee Promkatkaew et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Toughening Elastomers with Sacrificial Bonds and Watching Them Break

(2014) E. Ducrot et al.   SCIENCE

Mechanical Activation of Mechanophore Enhanced by Strong Hydrogen Bonding Interactions

(2014) Yinjun Chen et al.   ACS Macro Letters

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

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

Model Studies of the Kinetics of Ester Hydrolysis under Stretching Force

(2013) Sergey Akbulatov et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Optically healable polymers

(2013) Gina L. Fiore et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Polymorphism in a trans-Cinnamic Acid Derivative Exhibiting Two Distinct β-type Phases: Structural Properties, [2 + 2] Photodimerization Reactions, and Polymorphic Phase Transition Behavior

(2013) Manal A. Khoj et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

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

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

Mechanoresponsive Healable Metallosupramolecular Polymers

(2013) Guangning Hong et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Biomimetic Modular Polymer with Tough and Stress Sensing Properties

(2013) Xiuli Fang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

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

Photo-reversible dimerisation reactions and their applications in polymeric systems

(2013) Gagan Kaur et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Model studies of force-dependent kinetics of multi-barrier reactions

(2013) Yancong Tian et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2013) Shengchao Jiang et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Mechanocatalytic Polymerization and Cross-Linking in a Polymeric Matrix

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

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

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

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

(2012) Yancong Tian et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Bicyclo[3.2.0]heptane Mechanophores for the Non-scissile and Photochemically Reversible Generation of Reactive Bis-enones

(2012) Zachary S. Kean et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Force–Reactivity Property of a Single Monomer Is Sufficient To Predict the Micromechanical Behavior of Its Polymer

(2012) Sergey Akbulatov et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels

(2012) Jeong-Yun Sun et al.   NATURE

Demonstrated leverage

(2012) Roman Boulatov   Nature Chemistry

Multiphase design of autonomic self-healing thermoplastic elastomers

(2012) Yulin Chen 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

Mechanochemical remodeling of synthetic polymers

(2012) Zachary S. Kean et al.   POLYMER

Chemomechanics: chemical kinetics for multiscale phenomena

(2011) Zhen Huang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

The physical chemistry of mechanoresponsive polymers

(2011) Timothy J. Kucharski et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Extracting a Single Polyethylene Oxide Chain from a Single Crystal by a Combination of Atomic Force Microscopy Imaging and Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy: Toward the Investigation of Molecular Interactions in Their Condensed States

(2011) Kai Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanically Induced Scission and Subsequent Thermal Remending of Perfluorocyclobutane Polymers

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

The Entropic and Enthalpic Contributions to Force-Dependent Dissociation Kinetics of the Pyrophosphate Bond

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

Optically healable supramolecular polymers

(2011) Mark Burnworth et al.   NATURE

From molecular mechanochemistry to stress-responsive materials

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

Pulling Genetic RNA out of Tobacco Mosaic Virus Using Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy

(2010) Ningning Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

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

Photophysical characterization of cinnamates

(2009) Thitinun Monhaphol Karpkird et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A fluorescent crack sensor based on cyclobutane-containing crosslinked polymers of tricinnamates

(2008) Sung-Youl Cho et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL