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ArticleMaterials horizons2023

Microscopic strain mapping in polymers equipped with non-covalent mechanochromic motifs.

Hanna Traeger, Derek Kiebala, Céline Calvino, Yoshimitsu Sagara, Stephen Schrettl, Christoph Weder, Jess M Clough

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Article in Materials horizons, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Mechanochemical Activation of a Bridged-Exciplex Optical Force Probe.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  2. Optical Force Monitoring in Polymeric Materials with a Coumarin-Based Mechanophore.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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  4. Stereochemical Impacts on Acyclic Mechanochemical Carbon-Carbon Bond Activation.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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7 authors.

Hanna TraegerAdolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Chemin des Verdiers 4, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. jessica.clough@unifr.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0898-9269
Derek KiebalaAdolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Chemin des Verdiers 4, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. jessica.clough@unifr.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7099-4501
Céline CalvinoCluster of Excellence livMatS, University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 105, D-79110 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8582-6108
Yoshimitsu SagaraDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2502-3041
Stephen SchrettlAdolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Chemin des Verdiers 4, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. jessica.clough@unifr.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6371-3089
Christoph WederAdolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Chemin des Verdiers 4, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. jessica.clough@unifr.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7183-1790
Jess M CloughAdolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Chemin des Verdiers 4, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. jessica.clough@unifr.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3701-7829

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanical failure of polymers remains challenging to understand and predict, as it often involves highly localised phenomena that cannot be probed with bulk characterisation techniques. Here, we present a generalisable protocol based on optical microscopy, tensile testing, and image processing that permits the spatially resolved interrogation of mechanical deformation at the molecular level around defects in mechanophore-containing polymers. The approach can be applied to a broad range of polymeric materials, mechanophores, and deformation scenarios.

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PMCPMC10463555

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