Autonomous Materials Systems University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Mechanochemically Active Polymers

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See the Force: progressive images of a mechanophore linked elastomer during tensile loading. After the polymer reaches a critical strain, a force-induced red color results from selective covalent bond cleavage in the mechanophore prior to failure. Photo credit: D. Stevenson, A. Jerez, A. Hamilton, D. Davis, Univ. of Illinois Beckman Institute

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