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 …

The use of mechanical forces to chemically transform polymers dates back decades. In
recent years, the use of mechanochemistry to direct constructive transformations in polymers …

The introduction of molecularly woven three-dimensional (3D) covalent organic framework
(COF) crystals into polymers of varying types invokes different forms of contact between filler …

Molecular knots and entanglements form randomly and spontaneously in both biological
and synthetic polymer chains. It is known that macroscopic materials, such as ropes, are …

Sacrificial chemical bonds have been used effectively to increase the toughness of
elastomers because such bonds dissociate at forces significantly below the fracture limit of …

Responsive materials can respond to different external stimuli by changing their chemical
or/and physical properties, thus being useful for various applications such as drug delivery …

Molecular nanotopology—a term we coined recently—is a rapidly develo** field of
research that is emerging out of the confluence of chemical topology with the mechanical …

Crosslinking in polymer networks leads to intrinsic structural inhomogeneities that result in
brittle materials. Replacing fixed covalent crosslinks with mobile ones in mechanically …

A near-infrared (NIR) mechanophore was developed and incorporated into a poly (methyl
acrylate) chain to showcase the first force-induced NIR chromism in polymeric materials …

From being an aesthetic molecular object to a building block for the construction of
molecular machines, catenanes and related mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) …