Enhanced optomechanical properties of mechanochemiluminescent poly(methyl acrylate) composites with granulated fluorescent conjugated microporous polymer fillers

Abstract

With the combination of mechanochemiluminescence from 1,2-dioxetane coupled polymers and conjugated microporous polymer nanosheets, a new kind of filling-type mechanolumninescent polymer composite was developed.

Opto-Mechanical Photonic Crystal Cavities for Sensing Application

“…However, the displacement of these materials driven by optical force is at most of the order of tens of nm, thereby it always reduces their mechanical stiffness and affects optomechanical performances. To achieve larger sensitivity and tunability, it is meaningful to exploit mechanically compliant materials such as polymers [185,186], which can reduce cost and can be easily combined with microfluidic platforms.…”

Polyurethane/Siloxane Hybrid Polymers with Chemiluminescent Mechanophores as Stress Probes

“…Among diverse responses from mechanical trigger, polymers that elicit a visible output provided one of the best opportunities to build‐in stress sensors and have developed fast in recent years . Mechanochemiluminescent polymers are particularly attractive in developing stress sensors because no additional excitation sources were needed, and high spatial and temporal resolutions of the signal could be achieved, allowing for probing of materials' failure in unprecedented detail . The first mechanoluminescent polymer was reported by Sijbesma's group in 2012, using bis(adamantyl)‐1,2‐dioxetane as the mechanophore.…”

Empowering self-reporting polymer blends with orthogonal optical properties responsive in a broader force range

“…Notably, although the two mechanophores have been well studied individually, they as well as other chromic mechanophores can only respond under specic loading force either under daylight or in darkness. [30][31][32][33][34][35][36] Using this strategy, limitations derived from the large force threshold of Ad and limited resolution of Rh have been overcome, empowering the polymer blends with abilities to report whether, where and when mechanical events take place, which can work as a full-day stress sensor responsive in an expanded force region.…”