Polymer Mechanochemistry: Going with the Flow: Tunable Flow‐Induced Polymer Mechanochemistry (Adv. Funct. Mater. 27/2020)

Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 30

Abstract

Understanding the mechanochemical activation of polymer solutions during flow is crucial to drive translation to applications such as functional 3D printing. In article number 2002372, Niamh Willis-Fox, Ronan Daly, and co-workers present a flow setup that allows control over the number of extensional events experienced by the polymer. Control over mechanochemical activation is tuned via solvent viscosity, fluid strain rate, and the nature of the bond being activated. Image by Dr. Etienne Rognin, Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

Authors 6

1. Niamh Willis‐Fox

   University of Cambridge

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute for Manufacturing Department of Engineering University of Cambridge 17 Charles Babbage Road Cambridge CB3 0FS UK

   Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, 17 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0FS UK

2. Etienne Rognin

   University of Cambridge

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute for Manufacturing Department of Engineering University of Cambridge 17 Charles Babbage Road Cambridge CB3 0FS UK

   Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, 17 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0FS UK

3. Christoph Baumann Aachen Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials

   DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials · RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   DWI ‐ Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials Forckenbeckstr. 50 Aachen 52056 Germany

   Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry RWTH Aachen University Worringerweg 1 Aachen 52074 Germany

   DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstr. 50, Aachen, 52056 Germany

   Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, Aachen, 52074 Germany

4. Talal A. Aljohani

   King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology

   Affiliation as printed

   Materials Science Institute National Centre for Corrosion Technology King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh 12371 Saudi Arabia

   Materials Science Institute, National Centre for Corrosion Technology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, 12371 Saudi Arabia

5. Robert Göstl Aachen DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials

   DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials

   Affiliation as printed

   DWI ‐ Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials Forckenbeckstr. 50 Aachen 52056 Germany

   DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstr. 50, Aachen, 52056 Germany

6. Ronan Daly

   University of Cambridge

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute for Manufacturing Department of Engineering University of Cambridge 17 Charles Babbage Road Cambridge CB3 0FS UK

   Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, 17 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0FS UK