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Pyrolysis-derived telechelic polypropylene enables mechanochromic mapping of cavitation in polyolefin matrices

Benedetta Bertoncini, Giorgio Bancalà, Weronika Nowicka, Antonella Battisti, Irene Pusceddu, Michele Turelli, Jeevanandham Neethirajan, Giuseppe Portale, Rob Duchateau, Carlo Adamo, Andrea Pucci, Marco Carlotti

Journal of Materials Chemistry C· Volume 14· Issue 28
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Abstract

Herein we present excimer-forming telechelic mechanophores derived from isotactic polypropylene (iPP) via controlled pyrolysis and their use as responsive fluorescent probes for detecting cavitation in polyolefin matrices.
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OpenAlex topics: Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications · Crystallography and molecular interactions · Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials

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Affiliations

Chimie ParisTech, PSL Research University, CNRS, Institute of Chemistry for Life and Health Sciences, Paris F-75005, France

Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, University of Pisa, Via G. Moruzzi 13, Pisa 56124, Italy

Chemical Product Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 3, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands

Laboratory of Macromolecular Materials, Chemical Faculty, Gdansk University of Technology, G. Narutowicza Str. 11/12, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland

Istituto Nanoscienze – CNR, NEST-SNS, Piazza San Silvestro 12, Pisa, Italy

Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 3, 9747AG, the Netherlands

Dutch Polymer Institute, P.O. Box 902, Eindhoven 5600 AX, The Netherlands

Centro per la Integrazione Della Strumentazione Dell’Università di Pisa (CISUP), University of Pisa, Lungarno Pacinotti 43/44, 56126, Pisa, Italy

Funding

European Research Council · Dutch Polymer Institute

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