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Squeezing New Life Out of Polymers
Author(s) -
Brantley Johnathan N.,
Wiggins Kelly M.,
Bielawski Christopher W.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201210025
Subject(s) - mechanochemistry , polymer , chemical energy , molecule , nanotechnology , chemical reaction , chemistry , materials science , reagent , ethylene glycol , organic chemistry
Pressed for results : Mechanical forces can be used to generate reactive small molecules, such as mineral acids and hydrogen peroxide, from appropriately designed polymeric materials. These novel mechanically responsive scaffolds set the foundation for using mechanochemistry to access new classes of self‐healing materials and to drive small‐scale synthetic reactions.