Photoinduced chemical transformations have received in recent years a tremendous amount
of attention, providing a plethora of opportunities to synthetic organic chemists. However …

Mechanochemistry–the utilization of mechanical forces to induce chemical reactions–is a
rarely considered tool for polymer synthesis. It offers numerous advantages such as reduced …

Nanomedicine‐enabled/augmented ultrasound (US) medicine is a unique area of
interdisciplinary research that focuses on designing and engineering functional …

Mechanochemistry with solvent‐free and environmentally friendly characteristics is one of
the most promising alternatives to traditional liquid‐phase‐based reactions, demonstrating …

Traditional chemotherapy suffers from severe toxicity and side effects that limit its maximum
application in cancer therapy. To overcome this challenge, an ideal treatment strategy would …

Over the past 20 years, the field of polymer mechanochemistry has amassed a toolbox of
mechanophores that translate mechanical energy into a variety of functional responses …

Real-time monitoring of strain/stress in polymers is a big challenge to date. Herein, we for
the first time report an ESIPT (excited-state intramolecular proton transfer)-based …

Polymers that release small molecules in response to mechanical force are promising
materials for a variety of applications ranging from sensing and catalysis to targeted drug …

Fragmentation of macromolecular solutes in rapid flows is of considerable fundamental and
practical importance. The sequence of molecular events preceding chain fracture is poorly …

The mechanical properties of polymer gels devote to emerging devices and machines in
fields such as biomedical engineering, flexible bioelectronics, biomimetic actuators, and …