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Braun, Paul V. Pickett, Austin 2012-05-22T00:36:16Z 2012-05-22T00:36:16Z 2012-05 2012-05-22T00:36:16Z 2012-05 Mechanochemistry is the use of mechanical force to perform chemical reactions and has the potential to bring self-healing functionality to the molecular level. The mechanically induced reactions can become productive when stress-sensitive molecules, or mechanophores, are incorporated into materials. One mechanophore that has been heavily investigated is spiropyran, a molecule that exhibits a color change when activated, although large strains are required to achieve this activation in elastomeric materials. In addition to color change, the activation of nonpolar spiropyran also results in the formation of a polar species. Electrospinning, a process used to produce very small fibers, has the potential to be used in a number of applications in mechanochemistry. These very small fibers have been shown to possess high molecular orientation, which is a result of the high longitudinal strains imparted to the fibers during their formation. This thesis investigated if low-strain activation of spiropyran could be achieved with the high degree of molecular orientation in electrospun nanofibers. It was also determined whether the high strains during electrospinning could be used to activate gem-dibromocyclopropane, an irreversible mechanophore. Finally, it was explored if the nonpolar-to-polar transition of spiropyran could be used to induce swelling in hydrogels. Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf (zulauf@illinois.edu) on 2012-04-26T13:42:24Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 1 Pickett_Austin.pdf: 11693748 bytes, checksum: 89a70925a539e0b5be1a4e4a8f070f7a (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2012-05-22T00:36:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Pickett_Austin.pdf: 11691423 bytes, checksum: e75f6bd7a679bb27dc5858d77fc066c7 (MD5) license.txt: 4064 bytes, checksum: 02e135fba5294bc556bc9be3d84e64e0 (MD5) http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31218 en Copyright 2012 Austin Pickett Mechanochemistry spiropyran electrospinning Hydrogel Electrospinning applications in mechanochemistry and multi-functional hydrogel materials text Materials Science & Engineerng 1919 Materials Science & Engr 0130 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.S. MS:Materials Sci & Engr -UIUC 10KS0130MS