Photoinduced Mechanical Cloaking of Diarylethene-Crosslinked Microgels
© 2023 The Authors. Advanced Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.
Veröffentlicht in: | Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). - 1998. - 35(2023), 41 vom: 09. Okt., Seite e2305845 |
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Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
Sprache: | English |
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2023
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) |
Schlagworte: | Journal Article mechanical properties mechanochemistry microgels photoswitches |
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 |
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Beschreibung: | Date Revised 12.10.2023 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status Publisher |
ISSN: | 1521-4095 |
DOI: | 10.1002/adma.202305845 |