دورية
Molecular Ball Joints: Mechanochemical Perturbation of Bullvalene Hardy–Cope Rearrangements in Polymer Networks
العنوان: | Molecular Ball Joints: Mechanochemical Perturbation of Bullvalene Hardy–Cope Rearrangements in Polymer Networks |
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المؤلفون: | Sun, Peiguan B., Pomfret, Meredith N., Elardo, Matthew J., Suresh, Adhya, Rentería-Gómez, Ángel, Lalisse, Remy F., Keating, Sheila, Chen, Chuqiao, Hilburg, Shayna L., Chakma, Progyateg, Wu, Yunze, Bell, Rowina C., Rowan, Stuart J., Gutierrez, Osvaldo, Golder, Matthew R. |
المصدر: | Journal of the American Chemical Society; July 2024, Vol. 146 Issue: 28 p19229-19238, 10p |
مستخلص: | The solution-state fluxional behavior of bullvalene has fascinated physical organic and supramolecular chemists alike. Little effort, however, has been put into investigating bullvalene applications in bulk, partially due to difficulties in characterizing such dynamic systems. To address this knowledge gap, we herein probe whether bullvalene Hardy–Cope rearrangements can be mechanically perturbed in bulk polymer networks. We use dynamic mechanical analysis to demonstrate that the activation barrier to the glass transition process is significantly elevated for bullvalene-containing materials relative to “static” control networks. Furthermore, bullvalene rearrangements can be mechanically perturbed at low temperatures in the glassy region; such behavior facilitates energy dissipation (i.e., increased hysteresis energy) and polymer chain alignment to stiffen the material (i.e., increased Young’s modulus) under load. Computational simulations corroborate our work that showcases bullvalene as a reversible “low-force” covalent mechanophore in the modulation of viscoelastic behavior. |
قاعدة البيانات: | Supplemental Index |
تدمد: | 00027863 15205126 |
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DOI: | 10.1021/jacs.4c04401 |