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

Polymer Mechanochemistry: From Destructive to Productive

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

(2015) Zhijian Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Mechanophores with a Reversible Radical System and Freezing-Induced Mechanochemistry in Polymer Solutions and Gels

(2015) Keiichi Imato et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A coumarin dimer probe of mechanochemical scission efficiency in the sonochemical activation of chain-centered mechanophore polymers

(2015) Zachary S. Kean et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

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

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

Sequential Control over Thiol Click Chemistry by a Reversibly Photoactivated Thiol Mechanism of Spirothiopyran

(2014) Zhenzhen Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photomechanical Actuation of Ligand Geometry in Enantioselective Catalysis

(2014) Zachary S. Kean et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Successive Mechanochemical Activation and Small Molecule Release in an Elastomeric Material

(2014) Michael B. Larsen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Dioxetanes as Mechanoluminescent Probes in Thermoplastic Elastomers

(2014) Yulan Chen et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Spiropyran as a Mechanochromic Probe in Dual Cross-Linked Elastomers

(2014) Huan Zhang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Mechanical Activation of Mechanophore Enhanced by Strong Hydrogen Bonding Interactions

(2014) Yinjun Chen et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Light-Triggered Self-Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles Based on Photoisomerization of Spirothiopyran

(2013) Yasuhiro Shiraishi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Model Studies of the Kinetics of Ester Hydrolysis under Stretching Force

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

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

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

“Flex-Activated” Mechanophores: Using Polymer Mechanochemistry To Direct Bond Bending Activation

(2013) Michael B. Larsen 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

Mechanocatalysis: forcing latent catalysts into action

(2013) Ramon Groote et al.   Polymer Chemistry

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

(2013) Shengchao Jiang et al.   ACS Macro Letters

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

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

Mechanochemical remodeling of synthetic polymers

(2012) Zachary S. Kean et al.   POLYMER

Trapping a Diradical Transition State by Mechanochemical Polymer Extension

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Kinetics of Thiol/Disulfide Exchange Correlate Weakly with the Restoring Force in the Disulfide Moiety

(2009) Timothy J. Kucharski et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Force-induced activation of covalent bonds in mechanoresponsive polymeric materials

(2009) Douglas A. Davis et al.   NATURE