Harnessing mechanochemical fluorescence toward autonomous damage-reporting coatings
A polymer coating autonomously reports damage via fluorescence from a force-induced retro-Diels–Alder reaction. The optical signal correlates with impact energy, enabling real-time, equipment-free damage detection, even in pigmented coatings.
Authors
- Zichen Ling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1563-9336)
- Zeyu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2382-6588)
- Junpeng Wang
- Qixin Zhou
- Junfeng Zhou
Institutions
- University of Akron (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- RSC Applied Polymers
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d5lp00011d
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.52
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
- Division of Chemistry