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Swelling-Activated, Soft Mechanochemistry in Polymer Materials

[Image: see text] Swelling in polymer materials is a ubiquitous phenomenon. At a molecular level, swelling is dictated by solvent–polymer interactions, and has been thoroughly studied both theoretically and experimentally. Favorable solvent–polymer interactions result in the solvation of polymer cha...

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Autores principales: Metze, Friederike Katharina, Sant, Sabrina, Meng, Zhao, Klok, Harm-Anton, Kaur, Kuljeet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2023
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10018775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36848262
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02801
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author Metze, Friederike Katharina
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Kaur, Kuljeet
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description [Image: see text] Swelling in polymer materials is a ubiquitous phenomenon. At a molecular level, swelling is dictated by solvent–polymer interactions, and has been thoroughly studied both theoretically and experimentally. Favorable solvent–polymer interactions result in the solvation of polymer chains. For polymers in confined geometries, such as those that are tethered to surfaces, or for polymer networks, solvation can lead to swelling-induced tensions. These tensions act on polymer chains and can lead to stretching, bending, or deformation of the material both at the micro- and macroscopic scale. This Invited Feature Article sheds light on such swelling-induced mechanochemical phenomena in polymer materials across dimensions, and discusses approaches to visualize and characterize these effects.
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spelling pubmed-100187752023-03-17 Swelling-Activated, Soft Mechanochemistry in Polymer Materials Metze, Friederike Katharina Sant, Sabrina Meng, Zhao Klok, Harm-Anton Kaur, Kuljeet Langmuir [Image: see text] Swelling in polymer materials is a ubiquitous phenomenon. At a molecular level, swelling is dictated by solvent–polymer interactions, and has been thoroughly studied both theoretically and experimentally. Favorable solvent–polymer interactions result in the solvation of polymer chains. For polymers in confined geometries, such as those that are tethered to surfaces, or for polymer networks, solvation can lead to swelling-induced tensions. These tensions act on polymer chains and can lead to stretching, bending, or deformation of the material both at the micro- and macroscopic scale. This Invited Feature Article sheds light on such swelling-induced mechanochemical phenomena in polymer materials across dimensions, and discusses approaches to visualize and characterize these effects. American Chemical Society 2023-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10018775/ /pubmed/36848262 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02801 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Permits the broadest form of re-use including for commercial purposes, provided that author attribution and integrity are maintained (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10018775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36848262
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02801
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