Mechanochemistry provides a unique approach to investigate macroscopic deformation,
failure and healing of polymer materials. The development of mechanophores–molecular …

Electronic skin (e‐skin) technology is an exciting frontier to drive the next generation of
wearable electronics owing to its high level of wearability, enabling high accuracy to harvest …

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

The integration of mechanophores, motifs that transduce mechanical forces into chemical
reactions, allows creating materials with stress-dependent properties. Typical …

Polymer gels have recently attracted attention for their application in flexible devices, where
mechanically robust gels are required. While there are many strategies to produce tough …

New fluorochromic materials that reversibly change their emission properties in response to
their environment are of interest for the development of sensors and light‐emitting materials …

To address hysteretic or irreversible mechanochromism found in most bond-scission-based
mechanophores, we developed a new family of mechanophores based on the oxazine (OX) …

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

Thermochromic coatings hold promise in reducing building energy consumption by
dynamically regulating the heat gain of windows, which are often regarded as less energy …

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