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 …

Polymer mechanochemistry is an emerging field at the interface of chemistry, materials
science, physics and engineering. It aims at understanding and exploiting unique reactivities …

Smart molecular systems having the ability to report on mechanical strain or failure in
polymers via alteration of their optical properties are of great interest in materials science …

Strain‐induced light emission from mechanoluminescent cross‐linkers in silica‐filled poly
(dimethylsiloxane) demonstrates that covalent bond scission contributes significantly to …

Although the rational designed mechanochromic polymer (MCP) materials have evoked
major interest and experienced significant progress recently, it is still a great challenge to …

The correlation of mechanical properties of polymer materials with those of their molecular
constituents is the foundation for their holistic comprehension and eventually for improved …

Mechanophores (MPs) are a class of stimuli-responsive materials that are of increasing
interest to engineers due to their potential applications as stress sensors. These …

Mechanophores capable of releasing N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC), a strong base, are
combined with triggerable chemiluminescent substrates to give a novel system for …

Self-reporting polymers, which can indicate damage with perceptible optical signals in a
tailored force range, are useful as stress-sensitive sensors. We demonstrate a simple …

The view on macromolecules has expanded significantly since Staudinger's hypothesis 100
years ago. Currently noncovalent bonds are ranked equally important to their covalent …