Search Results - "Sottos, Nancy R"
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Biomimetic Self-Healing
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (01-09-2015)“…Self‐healing is a natural process common to all living organisms which provides increased longevity and the ability to adapt to changes in the environment…”
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Covalent Mechanochemistry and Contemporary Polymer Network Chemistry: A Marriage in the Making
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (18-01-2023)“…Over the past 20 years, the field of polymer mechanochemistry has amassed a toolbox of mechanophores that translate mechanical energy into a variety of…”
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Rapid energy-efficient manufacturing of polymers and composites via frontal polymerization
Published in Nature (London) (01-05-2018)“…Thermoset polymers and composite materials are integral to today’s aerospace, automotive, marine and energy industries and will be vital to the next generation…”
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Effects of chemical bonding on heat transport across interfaces
Published in Nature materials (22-04-2012)“…Understanding how heat is transferred across interfaces is important for the efficiency of micro- and nanoscale electronic devices. Here, it is shown that…”
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Light-triggered thermal conductivity switching in azobenzene polymers
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (26-03-2019)“…Materials that can be switched between low and high thermal conductivity states would advance the control and conversion of thermal energy. Employing in situ…”
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Regioisomer-Specific Mechanochromism of Naphthopyran in Polymeric Materials
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (28-09-2016)“…Transformation of naphthopyran into a colored merocyanine species in polymeric materials is achieved using mechanical force. We demonstrate that the…”
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Mechanical Reactivity of Two Different Spiropyran Mechanophores in Polydimethylsiloxane
Published in Macromolecules (27-11-2018)“…We investigate the effect of pulling point location on the mechanochemical activation of two isomers of spiropyran in cross-linked polymeric materials through…”
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Continuous Self-Healing Life Cycle in Vascularized Structural Composites
Published in Advanced materials (Weinheim) (02-07-2014)“…By incorporating 3D microvascular networks containing a two‐part reactive chemistry within a fiber‐reinforced composite, continuous cycles of self‐healing…”
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Mechanically-Induced Chemical Changes in Polymeric Materials
Published in Chemical reviews (01-11-2009)“…Mechanically-induced chemical changes in polymers are examined. An in-depth investigation of how these changes take place reveals slippage in molecular…”
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Self-Healing of Internal Damage in Synthetic Vascular Materials
Published in Advanced materials (Weinheim) (01-12-2010)“…Vascular networks of microchannels (ca. 200 μm) are employed to deliver healing agents to regions of damage within an epoxy matrix material. Mechanical…”
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Autonomous Damage Detection in Multilayered Coatings via Integrated Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens
Published in ACS applied materials & interfaces (28-11-2018)“…Detection and assessment of small-scale damage at early stages are essential for polymeric materials to extend lifetime, avoid catastrophic structural failure,…”
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Effect of microcapsule size on the performance of self-healing polymers
Published in Polymer (Guilford) (04-06-2007)“…The influence of microcapsule diameter and crack size on the performance of self-healing materials is investigated. These epoxy-based materials contain…”
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Thermally Stable Autonomic Healing in Epoxy using a Dual-Microcapsule System
Published in Advanced materials (Weinheim) (15-01-2014)“…Self‐healing is achieved with a dual‐microcapsule system utilizing epoxy‐amine chemistry in a high temperature cured thermosetting epoxy polymer. One capsule…”
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Self-healing thermoset using encapsulated epoxy-amine healing chemistry
Published in Polymer (Guilford) (24-01-2012)“…Self-healing was achieved with a dual-microcapsule epoxy-amine chemistry in thermoset epoxy. One capsule contained a modified aliphatic polyamine (EPIKURE…”
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Force-induced activation of covalent bonds in mechanoresponsive polymeric materials
Published in Nature (London) (07-05-2009)“…Mechanochemical transduction enables an extraordinary range of physiological processes such as the sense of touch, hearing, balance, muscle contraction, and…”
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Spatially Selective and Density-Controlled Activation of Interfacial Mechanophores
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (06-03-2019)“…Mechanically sensitive molecules known as mechanophores have recently attracted much interest due to the need for mechanoresponsive materials…”
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Interfacial Mechanophore Activation Using Laser-Induced Stress Waves
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (18-04-2018)“…A new methodology is developed to activate and characterize mechanochemical transformations at a solid interface. Maleimide–anthracene mechanophores covalently…”
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Microencapsulation of Isocyanates for Self-Healing Polymers
Published in Macromolecules (23-12-2008)“…Microcapsules containing reactive diisocyanate for use in self-healing polymers are successfully fabricated via interfacial polymerization of polyurethane…”
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Proton-Coupled Mechanochemical Transduction: A Mechanogenerated Acid
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (01-08-2012)“…A novel mechanophore with acid-releasing capability is designed to produce a simple catalyst for chemical change in materials under mechanical stress. The…”
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Exploiting Force Sensitive Spiropyrans as Molecular Level Probes
Published in Macromolecules (28-05-2013)“…Spiropyran (SP) mechanophore was synthesized into the soft or hard phase of segmented polyurethanes (SPU) and used as a molecular probe of force and…”
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