A contact-electro-catalysis process for producing reactive oxygen species by ball milling of triboelectric materials

Z Wang, X Dong, XF Li, Y Feng, S Li, W Tang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Ball milling is a representative mechanochemical strategy that uses the mechanical agitation-
induced effects, defects, or extreme conditions to activate substrates. Here, we demonstrate …

Exploring novel synthetic concepts and strategies using mechanochemistry

K Kubota - Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In the field of organic synthesis, a ball-milling synthetic technique has garnered significant
attention in recent years as an eco-friendly and sustainable alternative to traditional solution …

Shake, shear, and grind!–the evolution of mechanoredox polymerization methodology

SM Zeitler, MR Golder - Chemical Communications, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In the last half decade, mechanoredox catalysis has enabled an entirely new genre of
polymerization methodology. In this paradigm, mechanical force, such as ultrasonic …

Dual Nickel (II)/Mechanoredox Catalysis: Mechanical-Force-Driven Aryl-Amination Reactions Using Ball Milling and Piezoelectric Materials

T Seo - Palladium-Catalyzed Mechanochemical Cross …, 2024 - Springer
The combination of a nickel (II) catalyst and a mechanoredox catalyst under ball-milling
conditions promotes mechanical-force-driven C–N cross-coupling reactions. In this nickel …

Aerobic mechanochemical reversible-deactivation radical polymerization

H Feng, Z Chen, L Li, X Shao, W Fan, C Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Polymer materials suffer mechano-oxidative deterioration or degradation in the presence of
molecular oxygen and mechanical forces. In contrast, aerobic biological activities combined …

Mechanically Activated Solid‐State Radical Polymerization and Cross‐Linking via Piezocatalysis

MD Nothling, JE Daniels, Y Vo, I Johan… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Piezocatalysis offers a means to transduce mechanical energy into chemical potential,
harnessing physical force to drive redox reactions. Working in the solid state, we show here …

Enhancing Ultrasound-Assisted Iodine-Mediated Reversible-Deactivation Radical Polymerization by Piezoelectric Nanoparticles

Z Ren, C Ding, R Ding, J Wang, Z Li, R Tan… - ACS Macro …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The development of mechanochemical tools for regulating the polymerization process has
received an increasing amount of attention in recent years. Herein, we report the example of …

Mechanoredox/Nickel Co-Catalyzed Cross Electrophile Coupling of Benzotriazinones with Alkyl (Pseudo) halides

H Wang, W Ding, G Zou - The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
An air-tolerant mechanoredox/nickel cocatalyzed cross electrophile coupling of
benzotriazinones with alkyl (pseudo) halides is developed by liquid-assisting grinding in the …

Mechanochemically Promoted Functionalization of Postconsumer Poly (Methyl Methacrylate) and Poly (α‐Methylstyrene) for Bulk Depolymerization

JB Young, SL Goodrich, JA Lovely… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We describe a methodology of post‐polymerization functionalization to enable subsequent
bulk depolymerization to monomer by utilizing mechanochemical macro‐radical generation …

A mechanoredox catalyst facilitates atrp of vinylcyclopropanes

J Wang, L Zhang, D Chen, C Wang, Z Ren… - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
Radical ring-opening polymerization (rROP) of vinylcyclopropanes (VCPs) represents an
important class of polymerization reactions. Despite the versatility of atom transfer radical …