Mechanochemically Active Polymers
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The Future: Self-Sensing and Self-Healing Polymers
The ultimate focus is structural composites that heal themselves by chemically altering regions of high stress concentration prior to catastrophic failure, but important intermediate stages include self-sensing materials that indicate their mechanical state. The pathway to this remarkable functionality requires a deeper fundamental understanding of key mechanochemical concepts and viable strategies to engineer mechanophores into materials.
