Crystallization-induced mechanofluorescence for visualization of polymer crystallization

Residual stress in crystalline polymers can lead to material failure, but currently methods which can quantify residual stress in such materials are lacking. Here, by using fluorescent-type mechanochromophores, the authors develop a method to visualize and quantify low degrees of stress that arises...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sota Kato, Shigeki Furukawa, Daisuke Aoki, Raita Goseki, Kazusato Oikawa, Kousuke Tsuchiya, Naohiko Shimada, Atsushi Maruyama, Keiji Numata, Hideyuki Otsuka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20366-y