Photoinduced Mechanical Cloaking of Diarylethene‐Crosslinked Microgels

Abstract: 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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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Photoinduced Mechanical Cloaking of Diarylethene‐Crosslinked Microgels ; day:01 ; month:09 ; year:2023 ; extent:6
Advanced materials ; (01.09.2023) (gesamt 6)

Creator
He, Siyang
Schog, Simon
Chen, Ying
Ji, Yuxin
Panitz, Sinan
Richtering, Walter
Göstl, Robert

DOI
10.1002/adma.202305845
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023090215332899382263
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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