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

The design and manipulation of (multi) functional materials at the nanoscale holds the
promise of fuelling tomorrow's major technological advances. In the realm of …

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

Polymers that release small molecules in response to mechanical force are promising
materials for a variety of applications ranging from sensing and catalysis to targeted drug …

Mechanophores can be used to produce strain-dependent covalent chemical responses in
polymeric materials, including stress strengthening, stress sensing and network remodelling …

Over the past decades, it became clear that next to heat and light, pericyclic reactions can be
induced mechanochemically when the reacting motifs are embedded as latent force …

Chemical reactions usually proceed through a radical, concerted or ionic mechanism;
transformations in which all three mechanisms occur are rare. In polymer …

Force-controlled release of small molecules offers great promise for the delivery of drugs
and the release of healing or reporting agents in a medical or materials context,–. In polymer …

Covalent mechanophores display the cleavage of a weak covalent bond when a sufficiently
high mechanical force is applied. Three different covalent bond breaking mechanisms have …

Supramolecular coordination cages show a wide range of useful properties including, but
not limited to, complex molecular machine‐like operations, confined space catalysis, and …