Mechanochromic double network hydrogels as a compression stress sensor
Che‐Hao Wu, Cheng-Wei Tu, Junko Aimi, Jiawei Zhang, Tao Chen, Chung‐Chi Wang, Chih‐Feng Huang
Abstract
We prepared tough DN hydrogels with various rhodamine contents that undergo colour changes with external stresses. We demonstrated a facile platform between macroscopic colour changes and external stresses <italic>via</italic> converting photographs to mechanographs.
Topics & Concepts
Self-healing hydrogelsStress (linguistics)Compression (physics)Materials scienceRhodamineRhodamine BComposite materialPolymer chemistryChemistryOpticsPhysicsOrganic chemistryFluorescencePhilosophyLinguisticsPhotocatalysisCatalysisLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsPolydiacetylene-based materials and applicationsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials