Mechanochemical tools for polymer materials

Y Chen, G Mellot, D van Luijk, C Creton… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Mechanochemistry provides a unique approach to investigate macroscopic deformation,
failure and healing of polymer materials. The development of mechanophores–molecular …

The many flavours of mechanochemistry and its plausible conceptual underpinnings

RT O'Neill, R Boulatov - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
Mechanochemistry describes diverse phenomena in which mechanical load affects
chemical reactivity. The fuzziness of this definition means that it includes processes as …

The role of polymer mechanochemistry in responsive materials and additive manufacturing

MA Ghanem, A Basu, R Behrou, N Boechler… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The use of mechanical forces to chemically transform polymers dates back decades. In
recent years, the use of mechanochemistry to direct constructive transformations in polymers …

Near-infrared afterglow luminescent aggregation-induced emission dots with ultrahigh tumor-to-liver signal ratio for promoted image-guided cancer surgery

X Ni, X Zhang, X Duan, HL Zheng, XS Xue, D Ding - Nano letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
Afterglow imaging through the collection of persistent luminescence after the stopping of
light excitation holds enormous promise for advanced biomedical uses. However, efficient …

Chemiluminescent carbon dots: Synthesis, properties, and applications

CL Shen, Q Lou, KK Liu, L Dong, CX Shan - Nano Today, 2020 - Elsevier
As one of important approaches of light emission, chemiluminescence (CL) induced by
chemical reactions has evoked considerable interest for its potential applications in …

Chemi-and bioluminescence of cyclic peroxides

M Vacher, I Fdez. Galván, BW Ding, S Schramm… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Bioluminescence is a phenomenon that has fascinated mankind for centuries. Today the
phenomenon and its sibling, chemiluminescence, have impacted society with a number of …

The CuAAC: Principles, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts, and novel developments and applications

S Neumann, M Biewend, S Rana… - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The copper‐catalyzed azide/alkyne cycloaddition reaction (CuAAC) has emerged as the
most useful “click” chemistry. Polymer science has profited enormously from CuAAC by its …

Opening a gateway for chemiluminescence cell imaging: distinctive methodology for design of bright chemiluminescent dioxetane probes

O Green, T Eilon, N Hananya, S Gutkin… - ACS central …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Chemiluminescence probes are considered to be among the most sensitive diagnostic tools
that provide high signal-to-noise ratio for various applications such as DNA detection and …

Mechanochemical Release of Fluorophores from a “Flex‐activated” Mechanophore

F Yang, T Geng, H Shen, Y Kou, G Xiao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Optical force probes that can release force‐dependent and visualized signals with minimal
changes in the polymer main chains under mechanical load are highly sought after but …

From molecules to polymers—harnessing inter‐and intramolecular interactions to create mechanochromic materials

H Traeger, DJ Kiebala, C Weder… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The development of mechanophores as building blocks that serve as predefined weak
linkages has enabled the creation of mechanoresponsive and mechanochromic polymer …