Abstract:Mechanochemical reactions in functional polymers occur when mechanical forces cause labile bonds, e.g., in mechanophores, to break. While it is known that these reactions require a critical amount of force, the structure of the polymer network strongly affects the efficiency of force transduction. Experimentally it is challenging to track the force transmission along the polymer backbone. Despite the availability of quantum mechanochemical tools, the information on force transmission from the bulk to a local s… Show more
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