161 Polymer Mechanochemistry

DOI: 10.1201/9781003161318-161

Polymer mechanochemistry refers to chemical transformations that take place in polymers under mechanical stress.

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Mechanodegradation refers to the rupture of a polymer in a mechanical force field.

A horizontal scale for force ranges from 10 p N on the left to 10 n N on the right. The items listed from left to right are D N A, mechanoenzymatics and soft mechanochemistry, protein unfolding, mechanophore, mechanochemistry, and polymer backbone.
Figure 161.1 Force scale for a range of molecular processes, including a mechanophore, a mechanically molecular unit that is inserted into a polymeric material. Source: Used with permission of Elsevier Science & Technology Journals, Niamh Willis-Fox, Etienne Rognin, Talal A. Aljohani, Ronan Daly, Polymer Mechanochemistry: Manufacturing Is Now a Force to Be Reckoned With, Chem ...

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