Mechanobiochemistry: harnessing biomacromolecules for force-responsive materials

Mechanoradicals Created in “Polymeric Sponges” Drive Reactions in Aqueous Media

(2012) H. Tarik Baytekin et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Mechanochemical Approach to Deracemization

(2012) Kelly M. Wiggins et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Single-Molecule Mechanoenzymatics

(2012) Elias M. Puchner et al.   Annual Review of Biophysics

Engineering strain-sensitive yellow fluorescent protein

(2012) Taro Ichimura et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Characterization of Fiber-Forming Peptides and Proteins by Means of Atomic Force Microscopy

(2012) Rhiannon G. Creasey et al.   CURRENT PROTEIN & PEPTIDE SCIENCE

Regiochemical Effects on Molecular Stability: A Mechanochemical Evaluation of 1,4- and 1,5-Disubstituted Triazoles

(2012) Johnathan N. Brantley et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Proton-Coupled Mechanochemical Transduction: A Mechanogenerated Acid

(2012) Charles E. Diesendruck et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanically induced chemiluminescence from polymers incorporating a 1,2-dioxetane unit in the main chain

(2012) Yulan Chen et al.   Nature Chemistry

Polymer mechanochemistry: the design and study of mechanophores

(2012) Johnathan N Brantley et al.   POLYMER INTERNATIONAL

Nanomechanics of Streptavidin Hubs for Molecular Materials

(2011) Minkyu Kim et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Mechanical Control of Nanomaterials and Nanosystems

(2011) Katsuhiko Ariga et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Recombinant exon-encoded resilins for elastomeric biomaterials

(2011) Guokui Qin et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Inhibitor Binding Increases the Mechanical Stability of Staphylococcal Nuclease

(2011) Chien-Chung Wang et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Dynamics of Protein Folding and Cofactor Binding Monitored by Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy

(2011) Yi Cao et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Self-Reporting Materials: Protein- Mediated Visual Indication of Damage in a Bulk Polymer

(2011) Nico Bruns et al.   CHIMIA

Retracted article: Selective scission of pyridine–boronium complexes: mechanical generation of Brønsted bases and polymerizationcatalysts

(2011) Kelly M. Wiggins et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Characterizing the mechanochemically active domains in gem-dihalocyclopropanated polybutadiene under compression and tension

(2011) Jeremy M. Lenhardt et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Fluorescence sensing of microcracks based on cycloreversion of a dimeric anthracene moiety

(2011) Young-Kyu Song et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Mechanically Facilitated Retro [4 + 2] Cycloadditions

(2011) Kelly M. Wiggins et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Dynamic molecular processes mediate cellular mechanotransduction

(2011) Brenton D. Hoffman et al.   NATURE

Unclicking the Click: Mechanically Facilitated 1,3-Dipolar Cycloreversions

(2011) J. N. Brantley et al.   SCIENCE

Proteins as Initiators of Controlled Radical Polymerization: Grafting-from via ATRP and RAFT

(2011) Brent S. Sumerlin   ACS Macro Letters

Protein Mechanics: From Single Molecules to Functional Biomaterials

(2010) Hongbin Li et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Fast and Forceful Refolding of Stretched α-Helical Solenoid Proteins

(2010) Minkyu Kim et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Single-molecule Force Spectroscopy Approach to Enzyme Catalysis

(2010) Jorge Alegre-Cebollada et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

From molecular mechanochemistry to stress-responsive materials

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

Mechanical Reconfiguration of Stereoisomers

(2010) Kelly M. Wiggins et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanical Activation of Catalysts for C−C Bond Forming and Anionic Polymerization Reactions from a Single Macromolecular Reagent

(2010) Andrew G. Tennyson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Designed biomaterials to mimic the mechanical properties of muscles

(2010) Shanshan Lv et al.   NATURE

Trapping a Diradical Transition State by Mechanochemical Polymer Extension

(2010) J. M. Lenhardt et al.   SCIENCE

Mechanical Nanosensor Based on FRET within a Thermosome: Damage-Reporting Polymeric Materials

(2009) Nico Bruns et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Coupling of Pressure-Induced Structural Shifts to Spectral Changes in a Yellow Fluorescent Protein

(2009) Buz Barstow et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mechanically-Induced Chemical Changes in Polymeric Materials

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

A Force-Spectroscopy-Based Single-Molecule Metal-Binding Assay

(2009) Yi Cao et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Triggering Enzymatic Activity with Force

(2009) Hermann Gumpp et al.   NANO LETTERS

Force-induced activation of covalent bonds in mechanoresponsive polymeric materials

(2009) Douglas A. Davis et al.   NATURE

Activating catalysts with mechanical force

(2009) Alessio Piermattei et al.   Nature Chemistry

Controlling Proteins Through Molecular Springs

(2008) Giovanni Zocchi   Annual Review of Biophysics

Configurational Entropy Modulates the Mechanical Stability of Protein GB1

(2008) Hongbin Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Temperature-Regulated Activity of Responsive Polymer−Protein Conjugates Prepared by Grafting-from via RAFT Polymerization

(2008) Priyadarsi De et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Responsive Polymer‐Protein Bioconjugates Prepared by RAFT Polymerization and Copper‐Catalyzed Azide‐Alkyne Click Chemistry

(2008) Ming Li et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Alteration of citrine structure by hydrostatic pressure explains the accompanying spectral shift

(2008) B. Barstow et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanoenzymatics of titin kinase

(2008) E. M. Puchner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MATERIALS SCIENCE: Multitasking in Tissues and Materials

(2008) P. B. Messersmith   SCIENCE