Photoinduced Mechanical Cloaking of Diarylethene-Crosslinked Microgels

© 2023 The Authors. Advanced Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). - 1998. - 35(2023), 41 vom: 09. Okt., Seite e2305845
1. Verfasser: He, Siyang (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Schog, Simon, Chen, Ying, Ji, Yuxin, Panitz, Sinan, Richtering, Walter, Göstl, Robert
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2023
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Schlagworte:Journal Article mechanical properties mechanochemistry microgels photoswitches
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:© 2023 The Authors. Advanced Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.
The serial connection of multiple stimuli-responses in polymer architectures enables the logically conjunctive gating of functional material processes on demand. Here, a photoswitchable diarylethene (DAE) acts as a crosslinker in poly(N-vinylcaprolactam) microgels and allows the light-induced shift of the volume phase-transition temperature (VPTT). While swollen microgels below the VPTT are susceptible to force and undergo breakage-aggregation processes, collapsed microgels above the VPTT stay intact in mechanical fields induced by ultrasonication. Within a VPTT shift regime, photoswitching of the DAE transfers microgels from the swollen to the collapsed state and thereby gates their response to force as demonstrated by the light-gated activation of an embedded fluorogenic mechanophore. This photoinduced mechanical cloaking system operates on the polymer topology level and is thereby principally universally applicable
Beschreibung:Date Revised 12.10.2023
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status Publisher
ISSN:1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.202305845