Glowing under pressure: Hinge-like mechanophores for smarter polymeric materials

Saturday, July 19, 2025 - 06:54 in Physics & Chemistry

In a step toward smarter materials, researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo collaborated with researchers from Switzerland to develop a smart hinge-like molecule that can indicate mechanical stress in polymeric materials through fluorescence.

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