Mechanochromic dendrimers: the relationship between primary structure and mechanochromic properties in the bulk. Issue 48 (23rd May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Watabe, Takuma; Ishizuki, Kuniaki; Aoki, Daisuke; Otsuka, Hideyuki
• Is Part Of: Chemical communications. Volume 55:Issue 48(2019)
• Page Start: 6831
• Page End: 6834
• Publication Date: 2019-05-23
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1039/c9cc03011e
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-7345

Abstract

Abstract : Radical-type mechanochromic dendrimers were developed and their mechano-responsivity drastically increased in higher-generation dendrimers. Abstract : Mechanochromic dendrimers (MDs) were developed as an ideal model for the elucidation of the relationship between the primary structure of molecules/macromolecules with a mechanophore. We discovered that the ratio of activated mechanophores, i.e., the performance parameter to quantitatively evaluate the mechanical response, drastically increases in higher-generation dendrimers.