The ball-mill grinding (BMG) of polymers has a long history, starting with Staudinger
showing in the 1930s that polystyrene undergoes chain scission upon ball milling. However …

Fragmentation of macromolecular solutes in rapid flows is of considerable fundamental and
practical importance. The sequence of molecular events preceding chain fracture is poorly …

Chemistry traditionally relies on reactions in solution, but this method is increasingly
problematic due to the scale of chemical processes and their economic and environmental …

Optical force probes that can release force‐dependent and visualized signals with minimal
changes in the polymer main chains under mechanical load are highly sought after but …

Tracking the behavior of mechanochromic molecules provides valuable insights into force
transmission and associated microstructural changes in soft materials under load. Herein …

Pterodactylane is a [4]-ladderane with substituents on the central rung. Comparing the
mechanochemistry of the [4]-ladderane structure when pulled from the central rung versus …

Stimulus-responsive gating of chemical reactions is of considerable practical and
conceptual interest. For example, photocleavable protective groups and gating …

This paper describes a mechanical approach to inducing the atropisomerization of a parallel
diarylethene into its antiparallel diastereomers exhibiting distinct chemical reactivity. A …

Understanding the physical and chemical response of materials to impulsive deformation is
crucial for applications ranging from soft robotic locomotion to space exploration to …

Sacrificial chemical bonds have been used effectively to increase the toughness of
elastomers because such bonds dissociate at forces significantly below the fracture limit of …