The photoregulation of a mechanochemical polymer scission

Control over mechanochemical polymer scission by external stimuli may offer an avenue to further advance the fields of polymer chemistry, mechanochemistry, and materials science. Here the authors show light regulating the mechanochemical behavior of a diarylethene-conjugated Diels–Alder adduct.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jumpei Kida, Keiichi Imato, Raita Goseki, Daisuke Aoki, Masakazu Morimoto, Hideyuki Otsuka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05996-7