O'Neill, Robert T 
ORCID: 0000-0002-4348-7635 and Boulatov, Roman ORCID: 0000-0002-7601-4279
(2024)
Mechanochemical Approaches to Fundamental Studies in Soft‐Matter Physics.
Angewandte Chemie, 136 (19).
Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Stretching a segment of a polymer beyond its contour length makes its (primarily backbone) bonds more dissociatively labile, which enables polymer mechanochemistry. Integrating some backbone bonds into suitably designed molecular moieties yields mechanistically and kinetically diverse chemistry, which is becoming increasingly exploitable. Examples include, most prominently, attempts to improve mechanical properties of bulk polymers, as well as prospective applications in drug delivery and synthesis. This review aims to highlight an emerging effort to apply the concepts and experimental tools of mechanochemistry to fundamental physical questions in soft matter. A succinct summary of the state‐of‐the‐knowledge of the field, with emphasis on foundational concepts and generalizable observations, is followed by analysis of 3 recent examples of mechanochemistry yielding molecular‐level details of elastomer failure, macromolecular chain dynamics in elongational flows and kinetic allostery. We conclude with reasons to assume that the highlighted approaches are generalizable to a broader range of physical problems than considered to date.</jats:p>
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Mar 2024 10:24 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Apr 2024 19:56 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ange.202402442 |
| Open Access URL: | https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202402442 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3179404 |
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