Over 8 billion tons of plastic have been produced to date, and a 100% reclamation recycling
strategy is not foreseeable. This review summarizes how the mechanochemistry of polymers …

Azobenzene has been widely explored as a photoresponsive element in materials science.
Although some studies have investigated the force-induced isomerization of azobenzene …

Visualization of mechanochemical damages, especially for those in the molecular-scale (eg,
bond scission in polymeric materials), is of great industrial and academic significance …

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 …

Downhill bifurcation is a phenomenon in which an ensemble of trajectories passing through
a transition state (TS), called an ambimodal TS, bifurcates into multiple products. Finding …

Mechanophores that readily undergo bond cleavage upon mechanical stimuli normally
contain a highly strained ring or reactive unit with weak bonds, which are usually thermally …