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Advanced Materials, Volume 38, Issue 35, 23 June 2026.A green, freeform manufacturing approach that utilizes robust aqueous two‐phase systems to create intricate and scalable photonic structures and non‐planar mechanochromic hydrogel actuators from plant‐based hydroxypropyl cellulose. This approach broadens the structural possibilities of sustainable photonic devices and mechanochromic systems, offering ...
Xiao Song +14 more
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Materials & Design, 2021 Mechanochromic materials, when exposed to mechanical deformation, undergo a modification of optical properties. This behaviour can stem from either conformational rearrangements, disruptions of intermolecular interactions, or molecular structure changes ...
Katarzyna Wojdalska +2 more
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Mechanophores for Mechano‐Imaging in Polymeric Materials
Helvetica Chimica Acta, Volume 109, Issue 6, June 2026.Mechanophore‐based mechanochromic systems convert mechanical forces in polymers into optical signals, enabling direct imaging of stress localization and molecular damage. This perspective highlights recent advances in mechanophore design and their use to probe local mechanics across diverse polymer matrices, and concludes by outlining opportunities for
Jess M. Clough
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Mechanochromism of Glassy Polymers Enabled by a Loop‐Forming Supramolecular Mechanophore
Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 36, Issue 38, 11 May 2026.The supramolecular mechanophore LOOP is covalently introduced into glassy polymers, capable of reporting force‐induced pre‐failure damage and local fracture events in polymer glasses. Under different mechanical deformation modes, including grinding, tensile stretching, and scratching, LOOP probes irreversible events in polymer glasses through a ...
Linlin Deng +6 more
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A Novel DR/NIR T-Shaped AIEgen: Synthesis and X-Ray Crystal Structure Study
Crystals, 2020 We developed a new benzodifuran derivative as the condensation product between 2,6-diamino-4-(4-nitrophenyl)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b’]difuran-3,7-dicarboxylate and 3-hydroxy-2-naphthaldehyde.
Rosita Diana +4 more
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Molecules, 2023 Lipid-related cancers cause a large number of deaths worldwide. Therefore, development of highly efficient Lipid droplets (LDs) fluorescent imaging probes will be beneficial to our understanding of lipid-related cancers by allowing us to track the ...
Yongbo Wei +10 more
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Swelling‐induced Mechanochromism in Multinetwork Polymers
Angewandte Chemie, 2023 AbstractWe report a novel and versatile approach to achieving swelling‐induced mechanochemistry using a multinetwork (MN) strategy that enables polymer networks to repeatedly swell with monomers and solvents. The isotropic expansion of the first network (FN) provides sufficient force to drive the mechanochemical scission of a radical‐based mechanophore,
Takuma Watabe, Hideyuki Otsuka
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Mechanofluorochromic Properties of 1,4-Diphenylanthracene Derivatives with Hypsochromic Shift
MoleculesSeveral types of 1,4-diphenylanthracene derivatives 1–4 were prepared, and their photophysical properties were observed in the solid and solution states.
Fumihiro Kannen +4 more
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ChemPhotoChem, Volume 10, Issue 4, April 2026.This review summarizes how even minor chemical modifications can be used to shape spiropyran photochromism. We highlight how substituents, strain, and heteroatoms tune absorption, stability, switching efficiency, and overall photochromic behaviour.
Gianni Pacella, Giuseppe Portale
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Small, Volume 22, Issue 23, 22 April 2026.High‐pressure studies of the lead‐free hybrid organic–inorganic ferroelectric [N(C2H5)3CH3]FeCl4 demonstrate record low compressibility, establishing it as the least compressible molecular ferroelectric known. In situ diamond anvil cell experiments identify halide selection and inorganic sublattice tuning as key compressibility controls, advancing ...
Takeshi Nakagawa +11 more
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