The photoregulation of a mechanochemical polymer scission

Jumpei Kida; Keiichi Imato; Raita Goseki; Daisuke Aoki; Masakazu Morimoto; Hideyuki Otsuka

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05996-7

Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

The photoregulation of a mechanochemical polymer scission

Jumpei Kida,
Keiichi Imato,
Raita Goseki,
Daisuke Aoki,
Masakazu Morimoto,
Hideyuki Otsuka

Affiliations

Jumpei Kida: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Keiichi Imato: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Raita Goseki: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Daisuke Aoki: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Masakazu Morimoto: Department of Chemistry, Rikkyo University
Hideyuki Otsuka: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05996-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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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.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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