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

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 …

Over the past 20 years, the field of polymer mechanochemistry has amassed a toolbox of
mechanophores that translate mechanical energy into a variety of functional responses …

The development of force-responsive molecules called mechanophores is a central
component of the field of polymer mechanochemistry. Mechanophores enable the design …

Mimicking filament sliding in sarcomeres using artificial molecular muscles such as [c 2]
daisy chains has aroused increasing interest in developing advanced polymeric materials …

A new approach to cyclophane-based supramolecular mechanophores is presented. We
report a mechanically responsive cyclic motif that contains two fluorescent 1, 6-bis …

Mechanochromic mechanophores permit the design of polymers that indicate mechanical
events through optical signals. Here we report rotaxane-based supramolecular …

Mechanochromophores based on conformational changes of donor–acceptor–donor (DAD)
springs allow sensing of forces acting on polymer chains by monotonic changes of …

Molecular nanotopology—a term we coined recently—is a rapidly developing field of
research that is emerging out of the confluence of chemical topology with the mechanical …

The molecular shuttling function of rotaxanes can be exploited to design
mechanoresponsive reporter molecules. Here, we report a new approach to such rotaxane …