Front Cover: Tailoring the Properties of Optical Force Probes for Polymer Mechanochemistry (Chem. Eur. J. 64/2021)

Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 27, pp. 15823

Abstract

As potential analytical tools for collecting and mapping mechanical information in polymer materials, optical force probes (OFPs) have been developed over the last decade. However, due to the diverse properties of polymers, it is necessary to devise tailored OFP solutions for such material requirements in energy (both light and force), in time, and in their spatially detectable resolution. In their Minireview (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202102938), R. Göstl et al. highlight notable recent examples and identify future challenges in this emergent field.

Authors 5

1. Siyang He Aachen Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials

   RWTH Aachen University · DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials

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

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

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

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

2. Maria Stratigaki Aachen DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials

   DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials

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

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

3. Silvia P. Centeno Aachen DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials

   DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials

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

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

4. Andreas Dreuw

   Heidelberg University

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   Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing Heidelberg University Im Neuenheimer Feld 205 69120 Heidelberg Germany

   Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 205, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

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

   DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials

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

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