Mechanochemistry describes diverse phenomena in which mechanical load affects
chemical reactivity. The fuzziness of this definition means that it includes processes as …

Polymers have been widely applied in various fields in the daily routines and the
manufacturing. Despite the awareness of the aggressive and inevitable aging for the …

Fragmentation of macromolecular solutes in rapid flows is of considerable fundamental and
practical importance. The sequence of molecular events preceding chain fracture is poorly …

Traditional pharmacotherapy suffers from multiple drawbacks that hamper patient treatment,
such as the buildup of antibiotic resistances or low drug selectivity and toxicity during …

Stimulus-responsive gating of chemical reactions is of considerable practical and
conceptual interest. For example, photocleavable protective groups and gating …

The main goal of the field of neuromorphic computing is to build machines that emulate
aspects of the brain in its ability to perform complex tasks in parallel and with great energy …

Mechanochemistry uses mechanical force to break, form, and manipulate chemical bonds to
achieve functional transformations and syntheses. Over the last years, many innovative …

Pursuing polymers that can transform from a nonconjugated to a conjugated state under
mechanical stress to significantly change their properties, we developed a new generation …

There is an ongoing global shift in pharmaceutical business models from small molecule
drugs to biologics. This increase in complexity is in response to advancements in our …

Radical initiators such as azo compounds and organic peroxides have been widely used to
facilitate numerous transformations of free radicals, which enable the efficient synthesis of …