Stress-induced colouration and crosslinking of polymeric materials by mechanochemical formation of triphenylimidazolyl radicals
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- 14 June 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- Vol. 52 (55), 8608-8611
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cc04312g
Abstract
Subjecting hexaarylbiimidazole in polymer architectures to stress generates coloured triphenylimidazolyl radicals that initiate secondary radical reactions unifying stress-sensing and damage-repair.Keywords
Funding Information
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (GO 2634/1-1)
- Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen (Gravity program 024.001.035)
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