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  • Activation of mechanophores in polymers is desirable but generally a slow process. Here, the authors report the use of polymeric microbubbles activated by high-frequency ultrasound to exert compressive force and give mechanochemical transformations.

    • Jilin Fan
    • Regina Lennarz
    • Andreas Herrmann
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 16, P: 1-13

  • A change material properties on application of stimuli is a useful property for hydrogels, but mechano-responsiveness in such materials is challenging to achieve. Here, the authors report a strain-responsive hydrogel, controlled by the activity of enzymes within the material.

    • Kuan Zhang
    • Yu Zhou
    • Lifei Zheng
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 15, P: 1-11

  • Generally cubosomes are formed by the self-assembly of surfactants such as lipids and are used as adsorbents or in host-guest applications. Here the authors have shown that an amphiphilic block copolymer can form nanoscale cuboidal particles with a bicontinuous cubic phase.

    • Hongkun He
    • Khosrow Rahimi
    • Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 8, P: 1-8

  • Mechanotransduction of cells is of interest for a number of reasons but model in vitro systems remain a challenge. Here, the authors report on a hydrogel which changes properties upon near infrared irradiation to create cyclic forces and demonstrate the application of these gels to study mechanotransduction.

    • Yashoda Chandorkar
    • Arturo Castro Nava
    • Laura De Laporte
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 10, P: 1-13