Mechanoresponsive Functional Polymer Materials
Royal Society of Chemistry eBooks, pp. 604–636
Abstract
This chapter describes molecules that selectively react to force when embedded in polymer systems, so-called mechanophores. Such mechanophores are important tools for harnessing and understanding force-induced events within the field of polymer mechanochemistry. Due to the large portfolio of mechanophores and methods for their activation, which have been researched in recent years, many applications have been realized ranging from drug delivery, catalysis, and self-healing, to force-sensing. In this chapter, mechanisms of the force-induced activation of mechanophores are classified, methods for the exertion of force are summarized, and mechanophore applications and their detection using optical properties are described.
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RWTH Aachen University · DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials
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DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials Forckenbeckstr. 50 52056 Aachen goestl@dwi.rwth-aachen.de
Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University Worringerweg 1 52074 Aachen
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Robert Göstl Aachen
DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials
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DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials Forckenbeckstr. 50 52056 Aachen goestl@dwi.rwth-aachen.de
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