Functional polymers through mechanochemistry
- Schrettl, Stephen Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Balkenendea, Diederik W. R. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Berkeley, USA
- Calvino, Céline Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Karman, Marc Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Lavrenova, Anna Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Neumann, Laura N. Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Sagaraa, Yoshimitsu Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Japan
- Verde-Sestoa, Ester Centro Joxe Mari Korta, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- Giannantonio, Michela di Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Simon, Yoan C. School of Polymer Science and Engineering, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, USA
- Fromm, Katharina M. Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Lattuada, Marco Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Weder, Christoph Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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27.02.2019
Published in:
- CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. - 2019, vol. 73, no. 1, p. 7–11
English
While coupling mechanical and chemical processes is widespread in living organisms, the idea to harness the mechanically induced dissociation of weak covalent and non- covalent bonds to create artificial materials that respond to mechanical stimulation has only recently gained attention. Here we summarize our activities that mainly revolve around the exploitation of non-covalent interactions in (supramolecular) polymeric materials with the goal to translate mechanical stresses into useful, pre-defined events. Focusing on mechano- chromic polymers that alter their optical absorption or fluorescence properties, several new operating principles, mechanosensitive entities, and materials systems were developed. Such materials are expected to be useful for technical applications that range from the detection of very small forces in biological systems to the monitoring of degradation processes and damage in coatings and structural objects.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Département de Chimie
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Chemistry
- License
- License undefined
- Identifiers
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- RERO DOC 324660
- DOI 10.2533/chimia.2019.7
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/307586
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