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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2021

Multicolor Mechanofluorophores for the Quantitative Detection of Covalent Bond Scission in Polymers.

Christoph Baumann, Maria Stratigaki, Silvia P Centeno, Robert Göstl

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Mechanochemical Activation of a Bridged-Exciplex Optical Force Probe.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  5. Optical Force Monitoring in Polymeric Materials with a Coumarin-Based Mechanophore.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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  6. Hinge-Like Mechanochromic Mechanophores Based on [2.2]Paracyclophane.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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  9. Semi-Telechelic Polymers from Mechanochemical C─C Bond Activation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023
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  18. The Mechanochemical Synthesis and Activation of Carbon-Rich π-Conjugated Materials.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Christoph BaumannDWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstr. 50, 52056, Aachen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7011-6549
Maria StratigakiDWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstr. 50, 52056, Aachen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5510-7097
Silvia P CentenoDWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstr. 50, 52056, Aachen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5199-2121
Robert GöstlDWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstr. 50, 52056, Aachen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7483-6236

Funding

Boehringer Ingelheim StiftungEuropean Commission 300088302European Commission 731019Volkswagen Foundation 92888
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fracture of polymer materials is a multiscale process starting with the scission of a single molecular bond advancing to a site of failure within the bulk. Quantifying the bonds broken during this process remains a big challenge yet would help to understand the distribution and dissipation of macroscopic mechanical energy. We here show the design and synthesis of fluorogenic molecular optical force probes (mechanofluorophores) covering the entire visible spectrum in both absorption and emission. Their dual fluorescent character allows to track non-broken and broken bonds in dissolved and bulk polymers by fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy. Importantly, we develop an approach to determine the absolute number and relative fraction of intact and cleaved bonds with high local resolution. We anticipate that our mechanofluorophores in combination with our quantification methodology will allow to quantitatively describe fracture processes in materials ranging from soft hydrogels to high-performance polymers.

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fluorescencefracturemechanochemistrymicroscopypolymers

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PMID33783112
PMCPMC8252433

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